Rajnath Singh reviews dual citizenship issue of Goans
BY Agencies30 Oct 2014 11:08 PM GMT
Agencies30 Oct 2014 11:08 PM GMT
At a high-level meeting attended by external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, Singh directed the home secretary to find an amicable solution at the earliest to resolve the issue, a home ministry official said.
The Goa chief minister briefed both Singh and Swaraj about the present situation and gave suggestions to tackle it. The Union Home Ministry vide a notification dated 28 March, 1962, had notified the Goa, Daman and Diu (Citizenship) Order, 1962, under Section 7 of the Citizenship Act 1955, which ensured that every person who or either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents was born before 20 December 20, in the then Union Territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, shall be deemed to have become citizens of India on that day, except where any such person had made a declaration in writing within one month that he had chosen to retain the citizenship which he had immediately before 20 December 20.
The Goa chief minister briefed both Singh and Swaraj about the present situation and gave suggestions to tackle it. The Union Home Ministry vide a notification dated 28 March, 1962, had notified the Goa, Daman and Diu (Citizenship) Order, 1962, under Section 7 of the Citizenship Act 1955, which ensured that every person who or either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents was born before 20 December 20, in the then Union Territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, shall be deemed to have become citizens of India on that day, except where any such person had made a declaration in writing within one month that he had chosen to retain the citizenship which he had immediately before 20 December 20.
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