The Ministry of External Affairs had recently confirmed that Lalit Modi filed an application to surrender his Indian passport.

Strict rules have been made for passports in all the countries of the world, there are many reasons due to which people's passports are cancelled by the government. People are ready to do anything to get citizenship of countries like America,

Prime Minister emphasised that holding a Vanuatu passport is a privilege, not a right, and applicants must seek citizenship for legitimate reasons.