Govt to consider Hurriyat leader Geelani's passport plea

May 22, 2015 19:50

The government has said it will consider the passport application of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani only after he completes the formalities and indicated that it was not averse to approving it.

"If it comes to us after due formalities, we will think over it.... We have no objections," Home Minister Rajnath Singh told reporters today.

The home minister was asked whether the central government will give a passport to the Kashmiri separatist leader.

On Thursday, the External Affairs Ministry had said the passport application of Geelani cannot be processed in its present form as it was incomplete as he has not yet submitted passport fees, biometric details, and photographs.

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