Lotus on passports for security: MEA

New Delhi: A day after Opposition members in Lok Sabha raised the issue of lotus being printed on new passports, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said it was part of the enhanced security features to identify fake passports and involves using other national symbols as well on rotation.

Raising this issue of lotus being



printed on new passports brought for distribution in Kozhikode in Kerala during the Zero Hour, MK Raghavan of Congress said the matter was highlighted by one of the newspapers and alleged that this was “further saffronisation” of the government establishment with the lotus being the election symbol of BJP.