A longstanding demand for voting rights in India by millions of NRIs may finally see the light of the day with a Group of Ministers (GoM) clearing a draft bill on the issue, paving way for its consideration by the Union Cabinet.
Drafted almost fours years back by Overseas Affairs Ministry, the Representation of People's (Amendment) Bill was cleared by a GoM headed by Defence Minister A K Antony and is likely to be presented soon before the Cabinet.
"The GoM headed by the Defence Minister cleared the bill. Now, we are all set to present it before the Cabinet and then it will be introduced in the Parliament," Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi told. (HS-13/04)
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right to vote is the fundamental right of the citizen.however the NRI not the citizen in the sense of formality but they are not having the right to vote anywhere in their countries so it is very good that the right to vote is being granted to the non citizen.