BJP demands Gilani to declare himself as an Indian to get passport

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SRINAGAR : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)  chapter of Occupied valley justifying India’s denial of issuing passport to the veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, has said that he should first declare himself an Indian to get passport to visit his ailing daughter in Saudi Arabia.

The BJP spokesman, Khalid Jehangir in a statement in Srinagar said: “Passport cannot be given to Syed Ali Gilani till he apologizes for his anti India activities. Passports are issued to Indian citizens and not the ones who don’t believe in India and its democracy,” he said, Kashmir Media Service reported.

He said if Gilani acknowledges that he is an Indian and won’t indulge in anti India activities, then the Government of India can consider his request for the passport. The veteran Hurriyet leader has sought passport to visit his daughter, who is admitted to a hospital in Saudi Arabia in a critical condition