Revolt over Gandhi's origins

New Delhi - The prime ministerial hopes of the opposition leader, Ms Sonia Gandhi, suffered a jolt yesterday with an unprecedented…

New Delhi - The prime ministerial hopes of the opposition leader, Ms Sonia Gandhi, suffered a jolt yesterday with an unprecedented revolt within her Congress party over her Italian origins.

Three Congress leaders demanded the Indian constitution be amended to reserve the posts of president, vice-president and prime minister of the world's largest democracy for "natural-born Indian citizens".

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