Former Indian diplomat Navdeep Singh Suri on Sunday questioned the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) course of in Punjab, saying he was made to determine his Indian citizenship regardless of having represented the nation overseas.
Suri served as India’s ambassador to the UAE and Egypt and excessive commissioner to Australia.
In posts on X, Suri wrote: “Expensive ECI, sharing my expertise with SIR in Punjab. Went to BLO, submitted Voter ID and Aadhaar card, was assured that all the pieces is so as. Bought a message at this time from a volunteer saying some particulars don’t match with SIR in 2003.”
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He stated the BLO requested him to gather a discover and return with unspecified paperwork to determine his Indian citizenship. “I replied that I used to be not in India in 2003, in order that they have requested for my passport as proof,” he stated.
“I occur to have paperwork aside from voter ID and Aadhaar card. However can’t assist asking: If I’ve bother establishing my citizenship after representing India in three nations, what’s the destiny of the frequent citizen? Ease of Dwelling, I presume!”
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Suri was unavailable for remark over the telephone. When contacted, Amritsar deputy commissioner Dalwinderjit Singh stated: “I’ll get it checked.”
Neither the ECI, the Punjab authorities nor the Centre had issued an official assertion on the matter on the time of submitting this report.
The home-to-house enumeration part of the electoral-roll revision lately concluded in Punjab, with 90.4% of the border state’s registered electors submitting their enumeration varieties.
