PANJIM: The Indian Passports of 114 persons from Goa have been revoked by the Regional Passport Office (RPO), Panjim, in the last three years due to possession of Bilhete de Identidade (BI) of Portugal, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday.
The RPO, Panjim, had received over 2,000 applications during the last three years for surrender of Indian passports. In reply to South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha’s query as to whether the matter has been raised with the Portuguese government regarding the legal issues faced by persons in India due to BI registration by them, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan stated in a written reply that there is a well-defined law in place in terms of the Passports Act 1967 and the Citizenship Act 1955 to regulate such cases.
