 bill no 77 of 2012 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2012 bydr bhola singh, mpa billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2012amendment of article 582 in article 58 of the constitution, in clause (1), in sub-clause (a), for the word "citizen", the words "natural born citizen" shall be substituted5amendment of article 663 in article 66 of the constitution, in clause (3), in sub-clause (a), for  the word"citizen", the words "natural born citizen" shall be substitutedamendment of article 754 in article 75 of the constitution, in clause (1), the following proviso shall be added at the end, namely:—"provided that no person shall be eligible to hold the office of the prime minister unless he is a natural born citizen of india"10 statement of objects and reasonsthe ongoing process of globalisation of the country's economy has enabled the global multinational corporations to establish a powerful presence in india some of these corporations have annual turnover which is almost one half of india's gross national product (gnp) given the enormous role that money has come to play in the political life of the country, there will be temptations for these corporations to use the power of their money to influence political developments in indiaat the same time foreign print media has begun to make inroads into our countryalongwith western electronic media, it has launched a cultural offensive with a view to influence the thinking of indian peoplethese developments are fraught with grave consequences for india's sovereigntysooner or later, these foreign economic and cultural interests can be expected to make efforts to influence india's decision makers to formulate policies which may not be in national interestindia's citizenship laws enable foreign born persons to acquire indian citizenship the constitution of india enables any indian citizen to be the president, the vice-president and the prime minister, unless he is otherwise debarred in the changing global scenario, it will not be beyond the capacity of foreign interests to manipulate a situation to project a person who is not a natural born citizen of the country and whose patriotism may be in doubtthe posts of the president, the vice-president and the prime minister are not merely sensitive posts they hold in their hands decision-making powers which can take the country to wars or make compromises on the nation's security any person whose patriotism is untested should not be trusted with the fate of one sixth of humanity that is why, in the united states for instance, only a natural born citizen is eligible to be elected as the presidentthis bill seeks to amend the constitution to make only natural born citizens of india eligible to be the president, the vice-president and the prime ministerhence this billnew delhi; bhola  singhjuly 23, 2012 annexure extract from the constitution of india    58 (1) no person shall be eligible for election as president unless he—(a) is a citizen of india;qualifications for election as president    66 (1)    election ofvice-president(2)    (3) no person shall be eligible for election as vice-president unless he—(a) is a citizen of india;    75 (1) the prime minister shall be appointed by the president and the other ministers shall be appointed by the president on the advice of the prime ministerother provisions as to ministers     lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(dr bhola singh, mp)mgipmrnd—1905ls(s3)—07-08-2012