Passport citizenship row: Shashi Tharoor questions govt clarification, offers solution
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has urged a legislative overhaul to make passports and Aadhaar cards conclusive proof of Indian citizenship. He highlighted the public confusion following the MEA's clarification that passports are travel documents, not definitive citizenship proof. Tharoor argued that this creates an "absurd legal paradox" for citizens and proposed a dual-document policy to resolve the issue.
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