It is the inherent and sovereign right and duty of every citizen to choose his / her representatives. That is why we all should strongly and unequivocally support the right of NRIs to exercise their franchise.
In a changing world, political participation is increasingly delinked from territorial location. Most countries extend franchise to external citizens. Several countries facilitate exercise of franchise through postal ballots (US, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Canada and UK) or at embassies and consulates (Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, France, Russia, Sweden, Philippines, Japan, Dominican Republic and Spain), or through internet voting (France).
People For Loksatta (PFL), in collaboration with several public spirited NRIs and resident Indians along with dozens of civil society organizations, has been at the forefront of advocating the cause of providing voting and contesting rights to NRIs.
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