India, April 6 -- The rules around Indian citizenship and passport have become a talking point after Congress leader Pawan Khera claimed that Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, holds multiple foreign passports. She allegedly holds passports of the United Arab Emirates, Antigua-Barbuda and Egypt, which expire between 2027 and 2031, Khera said at a press conference on Sunday.

Sarma has rejected the allegations, calling them "Congress propaganda," and claimed the documents were fabricated. He said he and his wife would seek "life imprisonment" against the Congress leader.

The Passports Act, 1967, says authorities can impound passports if someone is in "wrongful possession". If a person obtains another pa...