NEW DELHI: (AMN) Non-Resident Indians (NRI) can now easily cast their votes in their motherland during elections. Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament on Tuesday passed a Bill in this regard.
After the bill take the shape of law, the Indians, who have not acquired the citizenship of any other country and are away would be entitled to have their names registered in the electoral rolls.
"We are not doing them any charity," Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said, while replying to a brief debate on a Bill that seeks to amend the Representation of Peoples Act. He said with this amendment the country would only be acknowledging their rights.
Referring to proposed electoral reforms, Moily said national consultations would be held in October-November. Government, he said, would bring a bill in this regard after consultations were completed and the report of an expert committee was received.