Shiv Sena today took a dim view of&nbsp;the BJP granting Indian citizenship to Pakistan-born singer&nbsp;Adnan Sami and said the move shows its ruling ally's double&nbsp;standards on the issue.&nbsp;
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/jan/sena-sami.jpg" alt="Hindu Sena activists " />Hindu Sena activists protesting against the grant of Indian nationality to Pakistan-born singer Adnan Sami at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Friday. PTI
Questioning the Centre's move, Sena spokesperson Manisha&nbsp;Kayande said, "When BJP was in opposition, it protested&nbsp;against Adnan Sami, now they are granting him citizenship."&nbsp;
Asked if Sena will hold protests to highlight this issue,&nbsp;Kayande told PTI, "I am just saying we are surprised at the&nbsp;turn of events. BJP vehemently opposed Sami while in&nbsp;opposition. But once in power, he gets citizenship."&nbsp;
During the UPA tenure, both the Sena and the BJP unitedly&nbsp;adopted the ultra-nationalist plank to corner the Congress-led&nbsp;government at the Centre.
Maharashtra Navnirman Chitrapat Karmachari Sena, the film&nbsp;wing of the Raj Thackeray-led MNS, had in 2013 asked the&nbsp;Pakistani singer to leave the country as he was allegedly&nbsp;staying in India without a visa.
Sami has been granted Indian citizenship with effect&nbsp;from today following his request to the Centre to legalise&nbsp;his status in the country.
The 46-year-old singer, who has made India his second&nbsp;home for the past few years, had made a representation to the&nbsp;Home Ministry on May 26 last year requesting his stay in India&nbsp;on humanitarian grounds.&nbsp;
Lahore-born Sami had first arrived in India on March 13,&nbsp;2001 on a visitor's visa with the validity of one year&nbsp;which was issued by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.&nbsp;
His visa was extended from time to time. His Pakistani&nbsp;passport issued on May 27, 2010 expired on May 26, 2015 and&nbsp;his passport was not renewed by the Pakistan government which&nbsp;led him to approach the Indian government with the request&nbsp;to legalise his stay in India.

Shiv Sena on Friday took a dim view of&nbsp;the BJP granting Indian citizenship to Pakistan-born singer&nbsp;Adnan Sami and said the move shows its ruling ally's double&nbsp;standards on the issue

Shiv Sena flays BJP's 'double standard' on citizenship to Adnan Sami

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Shiv Sena on Friday took a dim view of&nbsp;the BJP granting Indian citizenship to Pakistan-born singer&nbsp;Adnan Sami and said the move shows its ruling ally's double&nbsp;standards on the issue

Shiv Sena flays BJP's 'double standard' on citizenship to Adnan Sami

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