Of Goans, OCIs, Passports and Citizenship
The revocation of Indian passports of those whose births are transcribed in the Birth Registry at Portugal, on the basis of a purported circular of Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, is nothing but a continuum of the motives underlying the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, of disenfranchising and disentitling certain sections of the Indian population that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party loves to hate. This includes the Muslim communities., the Dalits, the Scheduled Tribes, the many Goans whose births are transcribed in Portugal, and the many Goans who have affirmed their Portuguese citizenship, and run the risk of not securing an OCI card or having an OCI Card cancelled. (more…)