Dig at a Congress MP? Himanta asks why no rule to regulate Indian lawmakers’ marriages with foreigners
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Wednesday flagged the need for a law to ensure that foreign spouses married to Indian lawmakers acquire Indian citizenship—in a veiled reference to Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, who is married to UK-born Elizabeth Colebourn.
“During my interactions with an IFS officer in Singapore, I learned that officers in the Indian Foreign Service cannot marry a foreign national without prior permission from the Government of India,” Sharma said in a post on X. “Moreover, even when permission is granted, it comes with the condition that the spouse must acquire Indian citizenship within six months.”
“Interestingly, this rule does not apply to our lawmakers. However, allowing a foreign spouse of a lawmaker to retain foreign citizenship for 12 years is far ...
