Passport officer shames interfaith couple, asks to convert
An interfaith couple, who applied for their passports in Lucknow, was allegedly humiliated and shamed by a passport officer before he had put their applications on hold. Tweeting about their ordeal to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, the couple said that the officer even told the man to convert to Hinduism and take 'pheras' for their wedding to be valid.