Amit Shah woos glamour, business for 'Sampark for Samarthan'
Mumbai, June 6: Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Wednesday wooed Bollywood glamour and India Inc., as part of the party's new initiative "Sampark for Samarthan" in the run-up to the ensuing 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Soon after his arrival here, he called on former Bollywood actresss Madhuri Dixit-Nene and her doctor-husband Sriram Nene and later the former Tata Group Chairman and philanthropist Ratan Tata.
Shah was accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and State BJP President Raosaheb Patil-Danve in his visits.
However, a scheduled meeting with Lata Mangeshkar was cancelled at the last minutes since she was indisposed.
"I was to meet Amit Shah ji but since I am down because of food poisoning I spoke to him over phone and told him that next time when he comes to Mumbai, I would meet him," tweeted Lata Didi, as she is popularly known.
Shah apprised the celebrities of the work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team in the last four years, the NDA government's achievements and their vision for India.
"As always, it was inspiring to meet Shri Ratan Tata ji with Mananiya AmitShah ji as a part of BJP4India aSampark For Samarthan' Abhiyan! We also presented him a book on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on auspicious Shivrajyabhishek din ! RNTata2000 SamparkForSamarthan," Fadnavis later tweeted.
In another tweet, he noted: "Met Smt MadhuriDixit Nene, Dr. Nene and family with Mananiya AmitShah ji as a part of aSampark For Samarthan', an initiative to meet dignitaries to share the historic decisions and achievements of Hon PM @narendramodi ji's GovernmentAin 4 yearsA! SamparkForSamarthan".
Later this evening, Shah is likely to call on sulking ally Shiv Sena's President Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence in Bandra.
As part of the "Sampark for Samarthan", Shah has so far met former Indian Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag (retd), scholar and former Lok Sabha Secretary General Subhash Kashyap and former Team Indian skipper and legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev, retired Chief Justice of India R.C. Lahoti, and yoga guru Baba Ramdev.
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Allahabad HC orders FIR against Rahul Gandhi in dual citizenship case
Lucknow (PTI): The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday ordered an FIR be filed against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in connection with an alleged dual citizenship controversy.
The bench permitted the state government to hand over the probe to any central probe agency after registration of the FIR.
The order was passed by a bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi on a petition filed by S Vignesh Shishir, who had challenged a January 28 order of a special MP/MLA court rejecting his plea for an FIR against Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
The special court had earlier held that it was not competent to adjudicate on issues related to citizenship.
The petitioner, a BJP worker from Karnataka, had sought registration of an FIR and a detailed probe into the matter, levelling allegations against Gandhi under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Official Secrets Act, the Foreigners Act and the Passport Act.
The complaint was initially filed before the special MP/MLA court in Rae Bareli. However, on the petitioner's request, the high court transferred the case to Lucknow on December 17, 2025.
The MP/MLA court in Lucknow subsequently dismissed the plea on January 28, 2026, prompting the petitioner to approach the high court, which has now ordered registration of an FIR.
In its order, the bench said that from a bare perusal of the allegations, prima facie cognizable offences were made out against Gandhi and hence the allegations required to be investigated.
The bench said that the special court should have looked into whether the allegations prima facie made out any cognizable offences or not, but it failed to consider it.
Earlier, Deputy Solicitor General of India SB Pandey produced the central government's records in the court relating to the citizenship controversy surrounding Gandhi.
Government counsel VK Singh also consented on behalf of the UP government that the allegations prima facie made out cognizable offences.
After having a detailed hearing, the bench found that the material on records showed that Gandhi had committed "cognizable offences" in having dual citizenship, and these allegations required to be probed.
The petitioner has alleged that Rahul is a UK Citizen and incorporated a company named M/S Backops Ltd in August 2003.
It was further submitted that Gandhi categorically admitted and voluntarily declared his nationality as British, having a Director Identification ID and London and Hampshire addresses.
In his petition, Shishir claimed that Rahul submitted the company's annual returns in October 2005 and October 2006, listing his nationality as British.
Thereafter, the company was dissolved through a dissolution application in February 2009.
According to the petitioner, the material placed before the court includes records suggesting that Rahul Gandhi may have been listed as a voter in the United Kingdom and participated in electoral processes there.
During the course of the hearing, the high court earlier directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to place all relevant records, including classified documents, before the court.
