A statement by the Ministry of External Affairs, in the middle of the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls, has generated confusion and anxiety.

The passport remains a travel document, and not a document of citizenship, as it attests the nationality of Indians when they are abroad | India News

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Aaditya Thackeray described the statement as ‘absurd’.