Goa, June 26 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has questioned the Centre's position that an Indian passport is primarily a travel document and not conclusive proof of citizenship, saying the clarification has created confusion among citizens. Reacting to the Ministry of External Affairs' recent statement, Tharoor argued that the distinction may be legally valid but appears contradictory to the public, who undergo extensive police verification and document scrutiny before receiving a passport.The government has maintained that its position is not new, citing Section 20 of the Passports Act, 1967, which allows passports to be issued to non-citizens in exceptional public-interest cases. Officials stressed that an Indian passport has never legall...