INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Friday, April 19, 2024, was a special day for K
Nalini, as the 38-year-old homemaker from the Kottapattu camp for Sri Lankan refugees in Tiruchi district, became the first naturalised
Indian national from her community to exercise her franchise at the booth at St
Nalini had established before the Madras High Court that she was an Indian citizen
She had enrolled as a voter of the Tiruchi (East) Assembly constituency, which comes under the Tiruchi Lok Sabha constituency, and had gone
to the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court to secure a passport
It was given to her after she won the case
She applied for a voter ID through an e-service centre and received it by post in due course.Born at the Sri Lankan refugee camp in Mandapam
She was granted citizenship as the year of her birth fell between January 26, 1950 and July 1, 1987, a period that made those born in India
social agony among young people
My husband is an autorickshaw driver and his income supports me and our two sons
Nalini.Source: The Hindu--Agencies
