Who gets to vote
Why is it that the government bends over backwards for 16-31 million folk who don’t even live in the country and ignores the 400 million MRIs who do live here?
The recent amendment to the Representation of the People Act (RPA) by the Lok Sabha "to enable overseas electors to appoint a proxy to cast the vote in an election" has been hailed by quite a few people. The Statement of Objects and Reasons of the amending law notes: "This would considerably mitigate the difficulties presently faced by overseas electors in exercising their franchise." While the government's desire
