New Delhi: The Congress President Rahul Gandhi has attacked the Modi government on its decision that passport holders requiring emigration check will be given orange color passports while others will get blue, saying that it shows the BJP’s ” Discriminatory mentality “.
Mr.Gandhi also said that this step shows that the government is presenting the migrant workers of India as “second class citizens”. Passport holders will be issued passport with orange passport jacket with ECR (Emigration check required) and people with Non-ECR status will continue to receive blue passports, a MEA statement said last week, ECR is required by most less skilled workers.
The Congress President tweeted, “The treating of migrant workers like India is totally unacceptable, like the second class citizens, this action reflects the BJP’s discriminatory mentality.” The recommendations of the three-member committee comprising officials of Ministry of External Affairs Ministry and Women and Child Development Ministry were accepted and it was decided that the final page and passport rules of passports and other travel documents issued under the Passport Act, 1967 , 1980, “Now will not be printed”, the Ministry of External Affairs had said. After the decision of the Ministry of External Affairs not to print the final page of the travel document along with the address of the holder, the passport cannot even serve as valid proof of address.
