Indians staying out of elections will not get the opportunity for postal voting.
In a press conference conven by the Election Commission, when reporters ask Election Commissioner Sunil Arora if people living outside India through the Electronically Transmitt Postal Ballet System (ETPBS) would also be able to cast their votes, he replied in the negative.
The Election Commission neither announced elections in these four states and one union territory –
The Election Commission has announced assembly elections in four states and one union territory. For the first time in this election, it will happen that Indians living outside the country will not get the opportunity of postal voting. The Election Commission has today announced elections in these states, which include West Bengal, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam.
The Election Commission gave this answer in a press conference-
In a press conference convened by the Election Commission, when reporters ask Election Commissioner Sunil Arora if people living outside India through the electronically transmit Postal Ballet System (ETPBS) would be able to cast their votes, he replay.
Elections are going to be held in five states in March and April. The Election Commissioner said that we had sent a letter to the Law Ministry about one and a half months before the NRI voter. After this, the Law Ministry sent the matter to the Ministry of External Affairs. I also spoke to the Foreign Secretary. The conversation with him was very positive.
But there is to be a meeting about it. Which will take about a month now. After this, when the availability of ETPBS facility for NRI people in five states was question. They say that it is not possible in these elections.
NRI have been voting till now-
According to the Election Commission guidelines, so far, non-resident Indians (NRIs) living abroad have been voting in their respective constituencies. According to unofficial figures, the number of such voters is only between 10 to 12 thousand. Although in November last year, the Law Ministry had said that we can implement the ETPBS system for NRI voters, but the Election Commission has refused to do so in this time elections.
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