According to the Passport Act 1967, passports can be given to non-citizens too, these officials said. | India News

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’.

A recent statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarifying that a passport is not proof of citizenship has sparked debate. Indian courts have consistently ruled that…