01-14-2005, 12:47 AM
This <b>d</b>ual <b>c</b>itizenship is another <b>d</b>upli<b>c</b>ity that is being perpetrated on the NRI and PIO by subsequent governments. It was a sham, it is a sham, and it will be a sham.
Consider this scenario: I am an Indian citizen by birth and by descent, residing abroad for many years. If I accept citizenship of my host country, does anything, and I mean absolutely anything, change for me as an Indian citizen? Would I still be eligible to be the President of India [not that I am running any time soon <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> ] If any thing, however miniscule, changes, then it is <b>not</b> dual citizenship.
Under the current plan, I would have to first <b>relinquish</b> my Indian citizenship and then apply for the so called dual citizenship <!--emo&:furious--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/furious.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='furious.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Apart from that, I am really disappointed at the rider that the so called dual citizenship would be granted provided the other country allows the same. This is not some kind of trade or barter that we should be expecting any reciprocity. Here, we are talking about <b>our</b> citizens. Or are we?
Consider this scenario: I am an Indian citizen by birth and by descent, residing abroad for many years. If I accept citizenship of my host country, does anything, and I mean absolutely anything, change for me as an Indian citizen? Would I still be eligible to be the President of India [not that I am running any time soon <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> ] If any thing, however miniscule, changes, then it is <b>not</b> dual citizenship.Under the current plan, I would have to first <b>relinquish</b> my Indian citizenship and then apply for the so called dual citizenship <!--emo&:furious--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/furious.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='furious.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Apart from that, I am really disappointed at the rider that the so called dual citizenship would be granted provided the other country allows the same. This is not some kind of trade or barter that we should be expecting any reciprocity. Here, we are talking about <b>our</b> citizens. Or are we?