Petition submitted to Indian Embassy

We are happy to inform all those who supported our efforts that we have kept our promise!

On Thursday 17th Dec, we (Shivakumar,  Ritambhara  and Mahesh Shastry)  submitted our petition and signatures to Mr. Sanjay Sinha, Minister for personal and community affairs at  Indian Embassy, Washington DC.  Mr. Sinha gave us a warm welcome, patiently listened to our demands for absentee voting and extended all help possible in this regard. He will submit the petition and signatures to the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Parliamentary affairs, Government of India.  He suggested us that we also bring up NRI voting  issue whenever we happen to meet any Parliamentary Minsiters.

With this recognition of Voters Without Borders, surely a pressure will be built on the Government of India to extend voting rights to Non Resident Indians and temporary migrants within India.

Jai Hind!