Millions of NRIs will soon be able to cast their votes from abroad for elections held in their home country.
India’s federal government told the Supreme Court that it will amend the election law to allow NRIs exercise their franchise through the e-postal ballot.
The government has sought two weeks’ time to submit a reply in the Supreme Court on an amendment to the Representation of People Act to allow NRI voting.
The ministers have decided that to “facilitate external modes of voting to the overseas electors. Amendment to the Representation of People Act would be required by way of introduction of a Bill in Parliament,” Venugopal told a bench of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud.
The Abu Dhabi-based NRI is pleased with the way Supreme Court has shown urgency in this regard. The Supreme Court on Friday asked the federal government to inform a time frame required for bringing a bill amending the Representation of People Act.
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