Can NRIs vote through online?
Here is an answer
Election to Karnataka Assembly is just two days away and voters have been waiting to exercise their votes. But unlike previous times, the election this year has gained much curiosity and momentum. Political parties and leaders are engaged in attacks and counter attacks.
As usual, the Non Resident Indians (NRIs) who have settled in foreign countries due to jobs are also eager to know about this election. In some social media like WhatsApp, facebook and others, some people have been posting the links saying that the NRIs could also vote through online and they should click the below link to vote in online portal. They have also provided a link: http://www.nvsp.in/Forms/Forms/form6a?lang=en-GB and it has become viral in the social media.
Really, the NRIs have such an option is a question. When it is verified whether the Election Commission has provided any of such options to the NRIs, the answer is false. So far, no such online voting system is introduced in the country and this kind of messages could mislead the people.
Speaking to Varthabharati, DC Sasikanth Senthil said that such messages are fake. Only those who are on election duty are given alternative opportunity to vote in the election. Apart from this, no other facility is provided to vote. The voters have to come to polling booths and cast their votes. People should not believe such false or fake messages, he said.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
