Sonia Gandhi Italian citizen, says Goa CM
5 Jan 2013 6:24 AM IST
Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said Congress president Sonia Gandhi was still an Italian national.
BJP leader Parrikar was defending his legislator Glenn Ticlo from the Aldona constituency, who has been accused of holding Portuguese nationality by the Congress party on Thursday.
‘In Goa, everyone born under the Portuguese regime automatically becomes a Portuguese national, just like Sonia Gandhi became an Italian national. She still continues to be one. You cannot renounce Portuguese and Italian nationalities, and that of several other countries. The country where you were born, your nationality remains,’ Parrikar said when asked about accusations that Ticlo had a Portuguese passport.
BJP leader Parrikar was defending his legislator Glenn Ticlo from the Aldona constituency, who has been accused of holding Portuguese nationality by the Congress party on Thursday.
‘In Goa, everyone born under the Portuguese regime automatically becomes a Portuguese national, just like Sonia Gandhi became an Italian national. She still continues to be one. You cannot renounce Portuguese and Italian nationalities, and that of several other countries. The country where you were born, your nationality remains,’ Parrikar said when asked about accusations that Ticlo had a Portuguese passport.
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