The Ministry of External Affairs pegs the number of overseas Indians at over 3 crore. It’s not clear how many of these people would be eligible to vote.
SK Mendiratta, a former legal counsel to the Election Commission of India for over five decades said the proposal was a positive move to “enable legitimate voters to exercise their franchise”.
But permitting a proxy to cast a vote on behalf of an NRI has raised concerns regarding the secrecy of the ballot. “The secrecy of the vote will be lost,” former Chief Election Commissioner TS Krishnamurthy told BloombergQuint in an interview.
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SK Mendiratta, a former legal counsel to the Election Commission of India for over five decades said the proposal was a positive move to “enable legitimate voters to exercise their franchise”.
But permitting a proxy to cast a vote on behalf of an NRI has raised concerns regarding the secrecy of the ballot. “The secrecy of the vote will be lost,” former Chief Election Commissioner TS Krishnamurthy told BloombergQuint in an interview.
Read the whole report
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