The Hindu : 'No law to bar foreigners'

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Monday, Oct 14, 2002

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'No law to bar foreigners'

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI OCT. 13. The Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, today virtually ruled out legislation debarring citizens of foreign origin from entering high public offices such as those of President and Prime Minister. He was addressing a press conference here to mark the completion of three years in office by the National Democratic Alliance Government at the Centre.

The controversy was recently raised again when the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, had suggested that the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, was a foreigner who could not be accepted as India's Prime Minister.

"If the (Venkatachalaiah) Commission had made such a recommendation, the Government could have considered it, but this was not the case. There is no obligation for us to follow this," Mr. Advani said.

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