A total of 41 Indian citizens relinquished their nationality to getPakistani citizenship in 2021.
Data from the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs that was presented in theIndian Parliament’s Lower House, Lok Sabha, on Tuesday showed that thisnumber has increased from seven in 2020 after it was zero in 2019.
Furthermore, a total of 163,370 Indians renounced their nationality lastyear, which is the highest number in the last three years. The data alsorevealed that 144,017 Indians gave up their citizenship in 2019 as did85,256 in 2020.
The USA was Indians’ top option for new citizenship and was chosen by78,284 applicants last year, which is almost half of the total number.
The Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, issued awritten statement on the matter, detailing that the reasons for the Indiansrenouncing their citizenship were “personal to them” and entailssurrendering their Indian passports.
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It is also pertinent to note that the Indian Constitution and citizenshiplaws do not allow dual citizenship.
The data was presented by Minister Rai in response to a query by a memberof the Bahujan Samaj Party, Haji Fazlur Rehman, and it further revealedthat after the US, Australia (23,533), Canada (21,597), United Kingdom(14,637), Italy (5,986), New Zealand (2,643), and Singapore (2,516) wereIndians’ preferred choices for new citizenships.
Overall, 932,276 Indians gave up their citizenship between 2015 and 2021,as learned from the data that was shared with the Indian Parliament onTuesday and last February.
