-The Hindu * Why is the Election Commission keen on voters linking their Aadhaar with Voter IDs? The story so far: Reports have surfaced online of instances where block level officers have asked individuals to link their Aadhaar with their Voter IDs, failing which their Voter IDs could be cancelled. This comes in the aftermath of the Election Commission’s (EC) campaign to promote the linkage of Voter ID and Aadhaar that began...
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Centre claims linking of Aadhaar to voter ID is voluntary – but bill in Parliament contradicts it -Umang Poddar
-Scroll.in A contentious clause in the legislation has made experts apprehensive. Among the changes introduced by the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday, is to allow electoral registration officers to ask new voters for their Aadhaar numbers to establish their identities. Officials could also use the 12-digit unique identification number linked to residents’ biometric details to authenticate the identities of already registered voters. The government has...
More »Delhi’s hospitals only for its ‘residents’, says Arvind Kejriwal
-The Hindu Central government facilities are open to all. As complaints mounted on social media of poor treatment at Delhi’s hospitals, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday that all government and private hospitals in the city would only treat Delhi residents till the rising COVID-19 cases are contained. While informing people of this first-of-its-kind decision in the country to “reserve” hospitals even as cases mushroomed in the national capital, Mr. Kejriwal, said...
More »If Aadhaar is not proof of citizenship, then why was it linked to bank accounts, Voter IDs, Mamata asks Shah
-PTI The TMC supremo said that if Aadhaar is not a proof of citizenship as per the home minister, then why was it linked to welfare schemes and the banking system. KOLKATA: Assailing Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his comment that Aadhaar was not a proof of citizenship, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked him why was it then linked to bank accounts, Voter IDs and mobile phones...
More »A Negative Vote for Aadhaar | Point of View -Jagdeep S Chhokar
-India Today The ECI plan to link Voter IDs to Aadhaar risks a repeat exclusion of voters, and thus falling afoul of the SC order that forbids denial of service. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is reportedly making renewed efforts to link citizen Voter IDs to Aadhaar-the UIDAI's contentious biometric ID, whose creeping overreach was halted by the Supreme Court in September this year. A previous linking effort in 2015, under...
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