The Karnataka High Court has rejected a petition seeking directions to the Election Commission of India for the NRIs to vote from their respective countries in the assembly elections.
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday rejected a PIL filed by a Non Resident Indian (NRI) seeking grant of voting rights to NRIs from the countries they reside in, during the Karnataka Assembly.
International Kannadigas Federation to run #NRIAPPEALDAY Twitter campaign on January 2
Tue, Dec 22 2020 02:50:03 PM
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (DV)
Mangaluru, Dec 22: The International Kannadigas Federation, with support of over 120 Kannada organisations from more than 33 countries will launch a day-long Twitter campaign #NRIAPPEALDAY on January 2.
The campaign is launched to draw the attention of the state government towards strengthening the NRI (Non Resident Indian) Forum of Karnataka.
Hidayat Addoor, convenor, International Kannadigas Federation, told Daijiworld, The government should immediately appoint a deputy chairman for NRI Karnataka Forum. The government should appoint an NRI who is aware about the problem of NRIs. This will be helpful for the NRIs as everyone cannot directly reach the chief minister. If the government appoints deputy chairman, it will be easy to convey the issues. On behalf of Kannadigas residing across the globe, we will launch a Tw