A well-deserved and well-earned right for NRIs

The right to vote for non-resident Indians (NRIs) was granted last year, but was announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently. While the response from NRIs is mixed—the provision requires NRIs to be physically present in India to cast their votes—the response from many resident Indians is a chorus of disagreement. Why, they argue, must those who left India have any right to vote, especially if they do not live with the consequences of that ballot?

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