On Foreigners, NRIs and MPs
A few weeks ago, I had asked the question, Can NRIs become MPs in India?
I now understand that not only NRIs but even foreigners can apparently become MPs – provided they have the “right documents”
“….the CBI in its final probe report before the Supreme Court said the documents produced by…Congress MP from Assam Mani Kumar Subba…to claim Indian citizenship were “not correct”
…If the findings of the CBI are held to be correct by the apex court after scrutinising the response of the MP, Subba could stand to lose his membership in Parliament as only Indians can be elected to both the Houses….”
Shri Subba had allegedly “…escaped from a Napalese prison hospital to Assam’s Tinsukia district via Sikkim in 1962…”
He may have avoided all this trouble if he had spent just a little bit of money. After all, Rs 7,500 is all it takes to get a genuine passport (and with the recent “glut” in the market, the price may actually be coming down)
And for a little bit more, you can get a ration card, a PAN card, a voter I-Card, a birth certificate AND a passport – in other words, a “bullet-proof” identity.
Shri Subba may or may not be a Nepali citizen but what about the continuing mass infiltration from across our eastern border that shows no signs of abatement? What about the increasing presence of Jihadis in the region?
Looking at the way in which the tentacles of terror are spreading, I wonder, is any state/city now safe?
Related Posts:
Some startling stats from the eastern front…
Bangladesh and the criminal-”jihadi” nexus
