Re: [IAC#RG] DISCUSSION: Is Rahul Gandhi a Janeudhari (Brahmin) Hindu as INC claims ?

A correction to my last email

The line " Shri Rahul Gandhi's brother "Sanjay" was a Parsi and not a Hindu" may be read as

" Shri Rajiv Gandhi's brother "Sanjay" was a Parsi and not a Hindu"

Sorry for this.

On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 9:14 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear IACians

The INC RTI cell has consistently refused to accept my RTI's concerning public statements being made by their official spokespersons that Rahul Gandhi is a Brahmin (2012) and that he is a Janeudhari Brahmin Hindu (2017).

Because INC is a public authority under RTI Act as held by Central Information Commission, I had recently approached the Election Commission to transfer my RTI to INC. The Election Commission CPIO after 3 months replied to me and evaded transferring my RTI application to INC/AICC. The ECI also says that they have no information about Rahul Gandhi's parentage,religion, caste etc.

So it is high time that Hindustanis know certain facts about Mr. Rahul Gandhi's false claims to be a Januedhari Hindu of Brahmin caste.

1) Rahul Gandhi's parents are apparently Shri Rajiv Gandhi and Shrimati Sonia Gandhi.

2) As per affidavits filed in Delhi High Court in 'Menaka Gandhi versus Indira Gandhi and Anr' and finding of the single judge (later challenged in LPA before DB), Shri Rahul Gandhi's brother "Sanjay" was a Parsi and not a Hindu, and Menaka Gandhi (aka Maneka Gandhi) was quite aggrieved that.the court had concluded that Sanjay Gandhi (who married Maneka under Special Marriage Act) was a Hindu and not a Parsi merely on the say of Indira Gandhi without allowing evidence to be led on this point. As per Maneka Gandhi both she and her husband Shri Sanjay Gandhi were clear that their intestate succession would not be under Hindu Succession Act but under Indian Succession Act since late Shri Sanjay Gandhi was a Parsi and hence their marriage under Special Marriage Act 1954.

NB: The definition of "Parsi" in the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936 is for mariage between two Zorastrians, and it is nobody's case that Indira Nehru was a Zorastrian at time of her marriage to enable a marrige under Parsi Marriage Act 1936..

3) The LPA bench curiously observed that Shri Sanjay Gandhi was not a Parsi because it was not proved he was a Zorastrian (ie. one who has Navjot ceremony) and the Indian law is silent on who exactly is a Parsi. The LPA court also observed that Sanjay Gandhi's father Feroze Gandhi was a Hindu because he allegedly married Indira Nehru by "Vedic" rites. Of course the court overlooked that Feroze Gandhi's mortal remains are buried in the Parsi cemetry at Allahabad, and the Parsi community are notorious for not allowing non-Parsis entry into their sacred places.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Feroze-Gandhis-grave-spruced-up/articleshow/10727112.cms

So it is very probable that

1) Shri Feroze Gandhi was a Parsi (Zorastrian) and his so-called marriage with Indira Gandhi (a non-Parsi) by "Vedic" rituals was ILLEGAL unless it is proved to be either (a) solemnised under Special Marriages Act 1872 or (b) under ARYA Marriage Validation Act 1939 as a marriage between 2 Hindus.

2) There is no evidence of solemnisation of any marriage between Feroze Gandhi and Indira Nehru under Special Marriage Act 1872, The marriage register under SMA is a public document open to inspection by anybody and I am reliably informed that nobody has seen any such record.

3) Feroze Gandhi could not have been a Hindu at time of his marriage (as Arya Marriage Validation Act requires) because the Parsis do not accept converts / reconverts and Feroze Gandhi was throughout a Parsi in his lifetime as proved by his burial in the Parsi cemetry at Allahabad, and declaration by his younger son Sanjay before the marriage officer that he is Parsi.

Indira Gandhi's biographer has also stated that the Vedic marriage between Feroze and Indira was a sham and illegal in law.

I can disclose much more, but if any Ld. IAC member wants to correct me at this stage please do so. I shall next examine the matter in context of Hindu Code where 1 parent is a Hindu and child (legitimate or illegitimate) is brought up as a Hindu. I shall also deal with the situation that Indira Gandhi was not a Hindu but something else.

Sarbajit