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'Demand
to vote by NRIs driven by desire to contest elections'
Friday February 04, 2011 07:00:40 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The demand to vote by the Non Resident Indian (NRI) population is
fuelled by a desire to contest elections, feels Chief Election
Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi.
On Thursday, the government notified rules that NRIs who hold
Indian passports and have not acquired citizenship of another
country can vote in elections in India. They can also contest
elections.
"Anyone on the electoral roll can contest elections and I have a
feeling that the demand to vote by the NRI population was driven
by the desire to contest," Quraishi said.
Responding to a query if the commission would do anything to help
Indian workers in the Gulf countries who want to vote here but
whose passports are held by their employers, Quraishi said that
passports are required as a proof to enrol in the electoral list.
"Otherwise, the embassy there can certify that the passport is
indeed held by the employer and inform us that the person has not
taken another country's citizenship, so then it will be a valid
demand," he said.
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