Overview
- On November 14, the Home Minister acknowledged Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas’s October 22 letter in a communication written in Malayalam.
- The reply was procedural and included a full Malayalam version alongside Hindi, an uncommon practice highlighted by multiple outlets.
- Brittas had asked the Centre to review and annul the August 12 notification that permits cancelling Overseas Citizen of India registration based on a police chargesheet.
- He argues the chargesheet-only ground violates due process and the presumption of innocence and could overstep the Citizenship Act’s provisions.
- Reporters framed the language choice as BJP outreach ahead of Kerala’s April 2026 polls amid ongoing debates over official-language use, with one outlet calling it a first for a Home Minister.