This refers to the edit “Voting across the sea” (January 12). When a citizen of India can vote only from a constituency in which he or she ordinarily lives, then how can we give voting rights to non-resident Indians (NRIs) who stay away from the country and indeed their constituency for most of the year? Moreover, NRIs may already be voting in their countries and giving them the right to vote in India too would lead to dual voting. The government may take all the steps to attract NRIs and their money by providing sops, but giving them voting rights is not a good move. As you have mentioned, representation without taxation is not a good idea at all.
B C U Nair Hyderabad
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