NRIs seek Tharoor's help to protect their properties in India

THAROOR-NRI


New York, Oct 12 (PTI) Seeking to protect their
properties and investments back home, non residents Indians
here have asked India Minister of State for External Affairs
Shashi Tharoor to sponsor a new bill that will safeguard their
interest.

Supporters of the proposal voiced their grievances at
the gathering on how their properties were allegedly taken
over by government, mafia and illegal occupants.

However, at the meeting organised by the Keralite
community in New York, Tharoor expressed his inability to
sponsor the proposal as the matter is not under the
jurisdiction of his ministry.

"The truth of the matter is that when it comes to this
issue, I cannot sponsor a bill because in our parliamentary
system it is not permitted," Tharoor told the members of the
Malayali community, at his first public appearance during his
visit to New York.

Tharoor underlined that while he could not sponsor the
proposal, he would take up the matter with the relevant
authorities in India. "I will be very happy to speak to the
overseas affairs minister and law minister because if the
government takes on this bill and recommends it then the
chances of passage are much greater," he noted.

They pointed out that the 25 million strong Indian
Diaspora contributes USD 52 billion as remittances annually,
which is four per cent of India's Gross Domestic Product.

Commenting on the proposal to grant voting rights for
NRIs, Tharoor said a bill to this effect may not get support
back home. PTI BS
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