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Political parties successful Kerala connected Saturday registered their protestation implicit the Election Commission of India’s (EC) hold successful resolving issues related to the enrollment of citizens calved overseas nether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.
The substance pertains to the mandatory ‘Place of Birth’ tract successful Form 6A (for overseas electors) which is restricted to Indian States. The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has consistently raised this contented astatine the play governmental enactment meetings convened by Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U. Kelkar, pointing retired that this configuration makes it intolerable for Indian citizens calved overseas to accurately implicit the application.
There are 5.5 lakh Keralites who look this issue, IUML State caput Mohammed Shah said astatine the gathering convened by Mr. Kelkar connected Saturday. “No enactment has been taken truthful far. We had besides fixed this ailment successful writing. The minutes of six erstwhile meetings volition amusement that I person raised this contented here,” Mr. Shah said.
MP’s complaint
IUML MP successful the Rajya Sabha Haris Beeran excessively had raised this substance successful a written ailment to the CEO. Mr. Beeran wanted the EC to see a ‘Born Outside India’ enactment added to the State enactment list.
According to Mr. Shah, determination are 20 lakh imaginable overseas electors from the State, but lone 70,000 person applied truthful far. Mr. Shah said that if the EC does not resoluteness the issues related to the overseas electors, governmental parties would beryllium forced to tackle it politically.
Mr. Kelkar told the gathering that the substance related to the ‘Place of Birth’ had been taken up with the EC, and indications are that it volition beryllium addressed soon.
