NRI Voting rights

It pains me so much to note that the non-resident Indian citizens can not cast their votes in the upcoming parliament elections (in fact in any election). According to Section 19 of the Representation of People Act, 1950, only a person who is “ordinarily resident” in a constituency is entitled to be registered in the electoral roll of that constituency. This section seems to be out dated and does not congeal with the reality. A non-resident Indian should not be deprived of this important privilege that is enjoyed by the regular citizens. The matter of concern here is that the election commission should ensure that NRIs are given an option to cast their votes via the Indian consulates abroad or make sure that NRI votes are not misrepresented by bogus voting. I feel that aforesaid section is discriminatory and limits the NRIs from selecting their leaders. The law may be disloyal to us but it will not make us less patriotic than the ordinary residents.