Legal bid to expose Sonia Gandhi's faith rejected
November 30, 2010 00:00:00
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A court in India's northern Punjab and Haryana state has dismissed a petition seeking details of Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi's religious beliefs, reports bbc.
The court said the religion of an individual was "entirely personal". A former Haryana police officer had filed a petition under the Right to Information Act seeking the details from the Census office.
Hindu hardline opposition parties have often raised questions about Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's faith.
They have questioned Mrs Gandhi's right to rule a country where a vast majority of the population is Hindu.
Mrs Gandhi was born a Roman Catholic. Her husband, late Rajiv Gandhi, had mixed parentage.
His father was a Parsi while his mother, former prime minister Indira Gandhi, was a Hindu.