01-08-2005, 05:31 PM
Wow! Having a "counsel" like that arguing for India is like giving a whole fleet of F-22s to Pakistan.
What the buggers have done is to renege on what the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed in Dec. 2003.
There a VERY important distinction had been made. Consider the following.
Clause IX of the Citizenship Act of 1955 said that if u got citizenship of another country, u lost Indian citizenship.
The Act of 2003 said that this would NOT apply to people who got citizenship of those 16 countries. IOW, if u waited like The Boy Who Stood on The Burning Deck all these years until that Bill was passed and signed off by the Rashtrapati, and THEN got citjenship in one of those 16 countries, YOU CONTINUED TO BE INDIAN.
All u had to do was send ur passport in to be stampled "OIC"
Now these Commies have changed that to where you have to lose ur Indian citizenship and then:
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The NY Consulate makes it very clear that they are NOT granting dual nationality or dual citizenship. Its just that they want to reduce the bureaucracy at the airports. IOW, now if one were to hold a US Green Card and Indian Passport - and applied ang got US citjenship, then one changes to having a US Passport and Indian "SmartCard".
The buggers have once again done what they do so well. Stab Indians in the back. So much for the "Counsel".
What the buggers have done is to renege on what the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed in Dec. 2003.
There a VERY important distinction had been made. Consider the following.
Clause IX of the Citizenship Act of 1955 said that if u got citizenship of another country, u lost Indian citizenship.
The Act of 2003 said that this would NOT apply to people who got citizenship of those 16 countries. IOW, if u waited like The Boy Who Stood on The Burning Deck all these years until that Bill was passed and signed off by the Rashtrapati, and THEN got citjenship in one of those 16 countries, YOU CONTINUED TO BE INDIAN.
All u had to do was send ur passport in to be stampled "OIC"
Now these Commies have changed that to where you have to lose ur Indian citizenship and then:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The rest of the problem has been solved previously <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The NY Consulate makes it very clear that they are NOT granting dual nationality or dual citizenship. Its just that they want to reduce the bureaucracy at the airports. IOW, now if one were to hold a US Green Card and Indian Passport - and applied ang got US citjenship, then one changes to having a US Passport and Indian "SmartCard".
The buggers have once again done what they do so well. Stab Indians in the back. So much for the "Counsel".