Rejected petition Dual Citizenship to Indian Diaspora

discuss and debate in UK Parliament about the needs and rights of Indian Diaspora ( Overseas Citizens of India lining in the United Kingdom and in other countries) and allowing them to acquire Dual Citizenship.

More details

There are many thousands of Indian Diaspora communities living in the United Kingdom and they have contributed imminently both to the United Kingdom and India.

They cannot:

1. Vote in Indian Elections
2. They cannot contest in Indian Elections
3. They cannot take up or hold Government jobs or Government position
4. The cannot buy agricultural or plantation properties

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We can only accept petitions about things the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about Indian nationality and civic rights are a matter for India, not the UK Government or Parliament.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 21 December 2024
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.