EC avoids Sonia's foreign origin issue in SC
Sunday, 05 August , 2007, 15:36

New Delhi: The Election Commission has refrained from making any
comments on Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin before the Supreme Court,
which has decided to examine whether a person not born in the country
is entitled to hold public office under the Constitution.

The court had sought a specific reply whether a person who had
acquired citizenship by registration can be appointed to public
office.

"It is respectfully submitted that EC has no comment to make on this