Former Indian diplomat Navdeep Suri, with over three a long time of service, is dealing with an surprising problem after discrepancies had been flagged in his 2003 data throughout the electoral roll revision exercise in Punjab.
Suri, who has served in Egypt, UAE and Australia, raised issues over the method of building citizenship throughout the ongoing Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
In a sequence of posts on X, he mentioned, “Sharing my expertise with #SIR in Punjab. Went to BLO, submitted Voter ID and Aadhaar card, was assured that every thing is so as. Acquired a message at the moment from a volunteer saying some particulars don’t match with SIR in 2003!
He mentioned he spoke to the BLO (sales space degree officer), who requested him to gather the discover and return with unspecified paperwork proving his Indian citizenship. After he mentioned he was not in India in 2003, he was requested to submit his passport as proof.
He additional mentioned, “I occur to have paperwork apart 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 Residing, I presume!”
There was no fast response concerning his declare by the Election Fee.
