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No one to be compelled on Aadhaar, says EC official -Pheroze L Vincent

-The Telegraph

Move to prevent any repeat of fiasco in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh where at least 30 lakh names linked to Aadhaar were auto-deleted from the voters list after 2015

A senior Election Commission of India official told The Telegraph on Monday that no citizen would be compelled to give their Aadhaar details to poll officials even if they have an Aadhaar number.

The official also clarified that election authorities would rely only on Aadhaar data received directly from voters or those who register to vote, and not rely on any third-party database, not even those of state governments.

This, the official suggested, would prevent any repeat of the fiasco in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh where at least 30 lakh names linked to Aadhaar were auto-deleted from the voters list after 2015.

On August 1, the Election Commission had begun a drive to encourage voters to voluntarily give their Aadhaar details for linking to the voters list, with the aim of weeding out duplicate entries of a voter.

The move has attracted opposition from some, such as CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury who has asked the commission to suspend the drive until it investigates deletions and breaches in the past, and takes steps to prevent them in future.

The Telangana-Andhra fiasco happened when the government started a National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme in 2015, which was stalled by the Supreme Court in the same year.

With the passage of the Election Laws (Amendment) Act last year, election authorities are now allowed to ask voters to give their Aadhaar numbers.

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