Expat interest in politics in India

Member since 01 June 2015

BhavnaTeam05 November 2019 05:35:00

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Hello everyone,

As an expat, your day-to-day life in India is impacted by decision-making at the political level in your host country as well as in your country of origin. We would like to know how involved you think expats should be in the political day-to-day of either their host or home country?

Can expats vote during elections which take place in their country of origin? Can you do so online or through embassies/consulates in India?

What is the administrative process which has been set up in India to enable expats to vote in their country of origin?

To which extent should political life in India include expats and their concerns? Should they be more active as a community to make their voices heard?

Are there any precautionary measures to observe during election period in your host country? Any local prohibitions?

Do you keep up with politics in India?

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Bhavna

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Member since 21 September 2018

deafdrummerActive member14 November 2019 10:36:28

Wow... You have stepped on a field dug out completely to two feet and completely covered in landmines, reburied, and trees and shrub and grass replanted to hide this, and all the mines wired so that they all go off all at once no matter where you step. The hydrogen bomb of landmines...

I am guessing that you speaking of two kinds of ex-pats with regards to India. You may be speaking of NRIs living abroad and their rights to exercise their vote while living abroad outside of India. I would be speaking of ex-pats, or foreigners of non-Indian-origin status living here in India.

There are people living here both illegally and staying long-term under various visa programs. It becomes dangerous when you have a good number of "Breaking India" forces operating in the country to eventually "balkanize" the country - plain and simple, conquer and divide. Breaking Indian forces include:

1) Christian missionaries bent on converting (or Abrahamizing) the entire world, and there's a lot of that in the southern and northeastern states of India.
2) Muslim illegals and other operatives doing the same thing (Rohingya comes to mind), especially to set up I SIS within India (I have contact with some people in the Indian Armed Forces branches and in BSF), so I know this is a serious threat).
3) Communists sent in by China is another threat (what COBRA under CRPF is for).
4) The foreign entities with money, power, decision-making, and influence flouting FCRA (NGO funding laws on transparency).

What I have found through personal experience in the US before I moved here is that a very large number of NRIs are Hindūs, educated, and have had enough money to be able to get educated in the West. It is very important that they continue to be able to participate in the political process, because it amounts to a diminishment of the Hindū population actively living in India if they don't continue to participate. In fact, they ought to move back here post-haste.