NEHRU REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE FOREIGN CLAIMS

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>vaidika1008

>[bJP News] Do we need a foreign captain to hoist our national

>flag?

>Sat, 22 May 2004 09:07:34 -0500

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>Do we need a foreign captain to hoist our national flag?

>B.C. Dutta

>Organiser, April 11, 2004

>http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=18&pa\

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>Even though the present Congress leadership is out to have a person of

>foreign

>origin as the Prime Minister of India, their earlier illustrious leaders

>held a

>different view, as is evident from their decision on the issue of

>succession to

>the Maharaja of Indore.

>

>It may be recalled that in 1950 after the Indian Constitution came into

>force on

>January 26, 1950, the then Maharaja of Indore, Yashwant Rao Holkar, wanted

>his

>son Richard, born of his American wife, to succeed him as the ruler of

>Indore.

>However, the then President of India, Rajendra Prasad, Prime Minister

>Jawaharlal Nehru and Home Minister Sardar Patel objected, making it clear

>that

>the son of his foreign wife

>

>could not succeed him. Hence, even though unprecedented, Maharaja’s

>daughter,

>Usha Raje Holkar, born of his Hindu wife, was made the inheritor of Indore

>throne.

>

>Thus in 1961, after the death of the Maharaja, his daughter Usha Raje

>Holkar was

>recognised as the next ruler of Indore by the Government of India, run by

>the

>Congress leaders such as Nehru, Rajendra Prasad and others. In deference to

>such precedence not only Smt Sonia Gandhi but her children, Priyanka and

>Rahul

>as well, cannot become the Prime Minister or the President of India. It is

>a

>pity that the present Congress under its new leadership takes pride in

>disregarding the precedence set by its illustrious leaders such as Nehru,

>Rajendra Prasad, Sardar Patel and others and find nothing wrong in

>projecting a

>citizen of foreign origin as India’s Prime Minister.

>

>It may be mentioned here that earlier, a naturalised Italian citizen,

>Sonali

>Dasgupta of Indian origin, who married Italian film director Roberto

>Rossellini, was not allowed even to stand for a municipal election as

>Italian

>law did not permit it.

>

>The people who are aware of Indian history may recall that 2000 years ago,

>Chanakya arranged the marriage of Chandragupta Maurya with the daughter of

>Selukas (the Greek General) to strengthen the ties between India and

>Greece.

>But it was agreed that neither Selukas’s daughter nor her progeny would

>inherit

>the throne; only the child born of an Indian wife of Chandragupta Maurya

>would

>inherit it. So even 2,000 years ago the law governing foreign marriages and

>problems of inheritance arising out of them was well defined. So no

>foreigner

>can inherit Indian rulership.

>

>It is surprising how the makers of our Constitution ignored this

>significant

>historical fact to make suitable provisions in the Indian Constitution so

>that

>the posts of President, Vice President and Prime Minister could be reserved

>for

>persons of Indian origin. It is difficult to visualise India-a country of

>over

>a billion people-being represented in international fora by a person of

>foreign

>origin.

>

>America, the second largest democracy in the world, has the law barring a

>foreign citizen to contest for the President’s post. This does not affect

>America in being recognised as a democratic country. So India will still

>remain

>a democratic country, if it seeks to enact a law to bar a foreign-born

>citizen

>from becoming President or Vice President or Prime Minister.

>

>It is encouraging to note that the BJP leaders are well aware of the

>position,

>though they could not take any legislative action in this regard as they

>lacked

>majority in the Rajya Sabha. However, it is expected that if the BJP comes

>to

>power after the ensuing general elections, it will take suitable

>legislative

>action in the matter.

>(The writer is a retired IRS bureaucrat)

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