Should voter ID be linked with Aadhaar to combat voter fraud? | The Hindu parley podcast
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Should voter ID be linked with Aadhaar to combat voter fraud? | The Hindu parley podcast

The Hindu  

On December 29, 2024, the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party accused each other of manipulating the Delhi electoral rolls in an attempt to win the Delhi Assembly elections, scheduled to be held in February. While the AAP has accused the BJP of submitting applications to the Election Commission of India to get the names of voters removed from the list in its strongholds, the BJP has claimed that the AAP government is aiding Rohingya immigrants to settle in the capital so that it can secure their votes. Earlier, the Congress had accused the ECI of arbitrarily deleting or adding voters’ names in electoral rolls before the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Sharma, former Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the first Director General of the Unique Identification Authority of India Host: Sreeparna Chakrabarty You can now find The Hindu’s podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher.

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Delhi assembly elections: AAP alleges scam in voter list of New Delhi constituency
3 days, 8 hours ago

Delhi assembly elections: AAP alleges scam in voter list of New Delhi constituency

India TV News  

Ahead of Delhi Assembly elections, Chief Minister Atishi claimed voter fraud in the New Delhi constituency. Delhi assembly elections: CM allege voter fraud "Between October 29 and January 2, applications to delete more than 6 thousand votes were received. In the same press conference, AAP leader Raghav Chadha said, "On January 2, 3, and 4, 2025, the hearing for vote …

‘Incorrect, baseless’: Poll official responds to AAP MP Sanjay Singh's voter ‘deletion’ charge against BJP
4 days, 4 hours ago

‘Incorrect, baseless’: Poll official responds to AAP MP Sanjay Singh's voter ‘deletion’ charge against BJP

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi's district election officer on Saturday rejected AAP MP Sanjay Singh's allegations of “deliberate” voter “deletion” from the constituency's electoral roll as “factually incorrect and baseless”. Allegations and counter allegations of voter “deletion” has been dominating Delhi's political landscape ahead of the upcoming assembly election. Singh also accused the BJP of trying to delete his wife's name from the …

Delhi assembly polls: BJP claims AAP trying to register ‘illegal voters’
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1 week, 3 days ago

Delhi assembly polls: BJP claims AAP trying to register ‘illegal voters’

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday alleged that Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party was trying to register “illegal voters” due to fear of defeat in the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. The BJP's allegation comes after Kejriwal reiterated his allegation that the saffron party was “manipulating” changes in electoral rolls of his New Delhi constituency by filing applications to delete more …

Delhi Police books four for submitting forged online applications for voter registration
1 week, 4 days ago

Delhi Police books four for submitting forged online applications for voter registration

India TV News  

Amid the political slugfest over the voter list entries between Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Delhi Police has registered an FIR against four people for allegedly submitting forged online applications for voter registration through Form-6 on Sunday, an official said. The letter further said, "It has been found that the aforementioned applicants have attempted to deceive …

Delhi BJP accuses AAP of digital fraud, demands probe into fake voter scam
1 week, 5 days ago

Delhi BJP accuses AAP of digital fraud, demands probe into fake voter scam

India Today  

The BJP on Saturday launched a scathing attack on former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party, following accusations by the AAP chief that the BJP was sabotaging welfare schemes announced by the Delhi government. Addressing a press conference, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva criticised Kejriwal over the Mahila Saman Yojna and the alleged fake voter scam, describing …

Delhi Election: AAP Alleges Cash-For-Votes Scam In Kejriwal's Constituency, To Lodge Complaint Against BJP
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2 weeks ago

Delhi Election: AAP Alleges Cash-For-Votes Scam In Kejriwal's Constituency, To Lodge Complaint Against BJP

ABP News  

Amid the intense war ahead of the Delhi Assembly election 2025, the AAP is planning to lodge a police complaint against the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing it of using money power to influence voters. AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Tuesday said that the BJP is distributing money among voters by checking their voter IDs in the New …

Kejriwal Alleges ‘Conspiracy’ To Declare Purvanchali Voters As Rohingyas: ‘Don’t Show BJP People Your Voter ID’
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Kejriwal Alleges ‘Conspiracy’ To Declare Purvanchali Voters As Rohingyas: ‘Don’t Show BJP People Your Voter ID’

ABP News  

Delhi Election 2025: In a sharp attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party, Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal alleged a conspiracy to disenfranchise Purvanchali voters in Delhi ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. VIDEO | At a press conference, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal says, "couple of days ago, BJP national president JP Nadda made an objectionable remarks for …

Arvind Kejriwal claims 'BJP conspiracy' against Purvanchalis: Don't tell your name
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Arvind Kejriwal claims 'BJP conspiracy' against Purvanchalis: Don't tell your name

India Today  

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal doubled down on his claim that the BJP was trying to get names of voters deleted from the electoral roll. In an emotional appeal to the people of Purvanchal living in Delhi, Kejriwal asked them not to show their ID cards to members of the BJP as they would try to get their names …

Amid tussle between AAP and BJP, several Delhi residents express surprise on being named in requests for voter deletion
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Amid tussle between AAP and BJP, several Delhi residents express surprise on being named in requests for voter deletion

The Hindu  

Bhuwani Bai was born in a slum cluster in east Delhi’s Jhilmil Colony and has lived there with her family her entire life. So, when an Election Commission of India’s Booth Level Officer knocked on her door last week, informing her that her name and her daughter’s name were on a list of voters that are to be removed from …

Why Arvind Kejriwal fears BJP is making Delhi voters disappear
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Why Arvind Kejriwal fears BJP is making Delhi voters disappear

India Today  

Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party has intensified its battle with the BJP over allegations of mass voter-name deletions ahead of the Delhi assembly elections, due in early February 2025. On December 11, Kejriwal, accompanied by AAP leaders, met Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar to submit a memorandum, backed by 3,000 pages of purported evidence, accusing the BJP of orchestrating a …

AAP alleges BJP behind ‘mass voter deletion’ in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal submits 3,000 pages of ‘evidence’ to EC
4 weeks ago

AAP alleges BJP behind ‘mass voter deletion’ in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal submits 3,000 pages of ‘evidence’ to EC

Live Mint  

Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of orchestrating a “mass voter deletion” conspiracy in Delhi ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. An AAP delegation, led by the party’s National Convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, met the Election Commission and submitted 3,000 pages of evidence, alleging that the BJP was engaged in a large-scale effort to remove the votes …

Kejriwal-led AAP delegation meets EC over voter deletion issue
4 weeks ago

Kejriwal-led AAP delegation meets EC over voter deletion issue

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party delegation led by Arvind Kejriwal met the Election Commission on Wednesday to address allegations of mass voter deletions ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections. The former chief minister of Delhi also mentioned that in cases of voter deletions, a field inquiry will be conducted by the Booth Level Officer, accompanied by representatives from various political …

AAP, BJP row over voter ‘deletions’ in RK Puram
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

AAP, BJP row over voter ‘deletions’ in RK Puram

Hindustan Times  

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday alleged that large scale voter deletion is being carried out in the RK Puram assembly constituency and that applications to remove over 3,800 voters’ names -- 1,800 of these purportedly bonafide -- were filed there “targeting booths where the AAP had previously won.” Sanjay Singh The allegations were made by AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP …

BJP conspiring to erase AAP supporters’ names from electoral roll, says Kejriwal
1 month ago

BJP conspiring to erase AAP supporters’ names from electoral roll, says Kejriwal

The Hindu  

Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy to get his party supporters’ names deleted from the electoral roll for the Assembly election due in February 2025. Mr. Kejriwal termed the DM’s statement “totally misleading”, stating that “all applications for voter’s name deletion are not in the public domain”. Furthering AAP’s allegations, …

Poll panel explains voter deletion process after AAP alleges electoral roll fraud
1 month, 1 week ago

Poll panel explains voter deletion process after AAP alleges electoral roll fraud

India Today  

The Election Commission has responded to the allegations raised by the Aam Aadmi Party over the "removal of large number of voters from the electoral rolls ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls and detailed the entire process. Earlier this week, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi accused the BJP-led Centre of "misusing government machinery" to delete the names of voters who …

Elections 2024 voter ID Alternatives: Aadhar, PAN and 12 other documents Accepted at Polling Stations
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Elections 2024 voter ID Alternatives: Aadhar, PAN and 12 other documents Accepted at Polling Stations

The Hindu  

Voters unable to produce an Electors Photo Identity Card can produce any of the 12 listed documents for identification at polling booths on Friday, Erode District Election Officer and Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara has said. In a release, he said that documents that will be allowed are Aadhaar card, job card issued under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, …

Can India’s election be rigged? Ahead of vote, old debate gets new life
9 months, 1 week ago

Can India’s election be rigged? Ahead of vote, old debate gets new life

Al Jazeera  

Opposition parties have questioned the reliability of electronic voting machines. New Delhi, India – As he launched the main Indian opposition alliance’s election campaign in the middle of March, Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at two targets: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whom he described as the “king”, and the electronic voting machines that the country uses to cast …

Kerala LoP seeks transparency in 'Vote from Home' facility
9 months, 1 week ago

Kerala LoP seeks transparency in 'Vote from Home' facility

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 26 Kerala opposition leader V D Satheesan on Wednesday approached the Election Commission of India demanding measures to check the possible misuse of the 'Vote from Home' facility announced for senior citizens and differently-abled persons during the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. In a letter sent to Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Kaul, the senior Congress leader requested him to …

Linking of Aadhaar card with Voter ID yet to begin, says govt
1 year, 1 month ago

Linking of Aadhaar card with Voter ID yet to begin, says govt

Live Mint  

The Indian government is yet to begin linking Aadhaar cards with voter identity cards. Further, the time period to submit Form 6B has been extended for a period of one year,” said Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. “The Election Commission of India is responsible under article 324 of the Constitution for superintendence, direction and control of preparation of electoral roll, …

BJP demands disqualification of Karnataka Minister Byrathi Suresh over fake Aadhaar, voter IDs creation case
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP demands disqualification of Karnataka Minister Byrathi Suresh over fake Aadhaar, voter IDs creation case

India TV News  

Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday demanded the disqualification of Karnataka Urban Development Minister and Hebbal MLA, Suresha B S, from the state assembly. These individuals were allegedly found creating counterfeit and fraudulent Aadhaar cards, voter IDs, driving licenses, PAN cards, and other documents in their business establishment, MSL Techno Solutions, located in RT Nagar. The BJP leaders in …

Karnataka: BJP demands CBI or NIA probe into fake Aadhaar card, voter ID creation case
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka: BJP demands CBI or NIA probe into fake Aadhaar card, voter ID creation case

Firstpost  

The BJP MLA noted that one should have a birth certificate to create an Aadhaar card.“If these documents are created by bypassing the birth certificate, then one can understand the clout the accused enjoy, " he said. The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation or the National Investigation Agency probe the fake voter ID …

Aadhaar Number Not Mandatory For Electoral Rolls, Will Make Changes In Forms To Enrol New Voters: ECI Tells Supreme Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Aadhaar Number Not Mandatory For Electoral Rolls, Will Make Changes In Forms To Enrol New Voters: ECI Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Election Commission of India has given an undertaking to the Supreme Court that it will issue "appropriate clarificatory changes" in Forms 6 and 6B which required details of Aadhaar number for the purpose of electoral roll authentication for new voters.The senior counsel appearing for the Election Commission also told a bench comprising Chief Justice of India. The Election Commission …

Cong urges EC to convene all party meeting
1 year, 11 months ago

Cong urges EC to convene all party meeting

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Congress urged the Election Commission to convene a meeting of political parties to discuss the anomalies with regard to deletion of photo similar entries and officials quietly linking Aadhaar cards with voter ID cards though it is not mandatory. In a letter addressed to Vikas Raj, Chief Electoral Officer, G. Niranjan, PCC senior vice-president who handles Election Commission …

Union Minister Rijiju Responds to Question on Linkage of Aadhaar With Electoral Rolls in Rajya Sabha
1 year, 11 months ago

Union Minister Rijiju Responds to Question on Linkage of Aadhaar With Electoral Rolls in Rajya Sabha

News 18  

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday informed Rajya Sabha that Aadhaar is only one of several documents for authentication and identification for the purposes of purifying the electoral rolls. The law minister continued, “In the process, the electoral registration officer relies upon various documents and undertakes physical verification, and also disposes of objections if any. The Election Laws Act, 2021 …

Jharkhand: Around 68% of 2.45 crore voters gets their cards linked with Aadhar
2 years ago

Jharkhand: Around 68% of 2.45 crore voters gets their cards linked with Aadhar

Hindustan Times  

RANCHi: Around 68% of the 2.45 crore registered voters in Jharkhand have got their cards seeded with Aadhar, even as the state has recorded a 2.7 per cent hike in the electorate size in the past one year, officials said on Thursday. Around 68% of the 2.45 crore registered voters in Jharkhand have got their cards seeded with Aadhar, officials …

Aadhaar-Voter ID Linking Voluntary; Voters' Names Won't Be Removed For Not Linking Voter ID With Aadhaar : Union Law Minister
2 years ago

Aadhaar-Voter ID Linking Voluntary; Voters' Names Won't Be Removed For Not Linking Voter ID With Aadhaar : Union Law Minister

Live Law  

On Friday, while responding to a very pointed question raised by three Members of Parliament, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that names of the voters whose voter IDs are not linked with Aadhaar will not be struck off from the voter list. Amidst allegations that the election authorities are mandating linking of Aadhaar with Voter IDs, in October, 2022, …

'It's An Important Issue': Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging "Voter Profiling" By Election Commission
2 years ago

'It's An Important Issue': Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging "Voter Profiling" By Election Commission

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a SLP filed by Srinivas Kodali, an engineer from Hyderabad, alleging that Election Commission of India has indulged in "voter profiling" by deploying an "undisclosed software" to link voter records to Aadhaar. "ECI has effectively created a surveillance.sensitive information voters including religion, caste, tribe, ethnicity, language, records of entitlement, income, and medical history …

Cease and desist: The Hindu Editorial on the Bengaluru voter data theft
2 years, 1 month ago

Cease and desist: The Hindu Editorial on the Bengaluru voter data theft

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s decision to cancel permission provided to an NGO, Chilume Educational Cultural and Rural Development Trust, to conduct a house-to-house survey to enhance voter awareness, was a belated but necessary one. It is alleged that the NGO utilised BBMP identification cards to secure voter data through a door-to-door survey and stored the data in an app …

Explained: The plea in Supreme Court challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID card linking
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained: The plea in Supreme Court challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID card linking

Firstpost  

A petition filed by Major General SG Vombatkere in the Supreme Court argues that the Aadhaar-Voter ID card linking would have a ‘detrimental impact on people’s ability to exercise their constitutional and legal right to vote’ as it can lead to ‘mass exclusions’ from the electoral rolls On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the central government on …

Supreme Court Of India Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID Card Linkage
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Of India Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID Card Linkage

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice in a petition challenging the power of the Election Commission of India to use the Aadhaar database in the process of deletion and updation of entries in the electoral roll. 28 of the Representation of People's Act, 1950 and the Registration of Electors Rules, 2022 and two notifications regarding Aadhaar-Voter Card …

How to link voter ID with Aadhaar card? Follow these simple steps
2 years, 4 months ago

How to link voter ID with Aadhaar card? Follow these simple steps

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission has started a drive to link voter identity cards with Aadhaar across several states. STEP 1: Download the ‘Voter Helpline App’ on your smartphone either from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store. STEP 6: Enter your mobile number registered with Aadhaar and click on ‘Send OTP’ option. STEP 7: Select ‘Yes I have voter …

EC to start drive to link Voter ID with Aadhaar card from today. 5 points
2 years, 5 months ago

EC to start drive to link Voter ID with Aadhaar card from today. 5 points

Live Mint  

The Election Commission of India will start a drive from today to to link Voter ID cards with Aadhaar cards in several states. According to the EC the linking of voter ID cards with Aadhaar cards is being done with a viewto establishing the identity of electors and authentication of entries in the electoral roll. Linking of link Voter ID …

\'Don\'t involve village/ward volunteers in Aadhar linkage with voter list exercise\'
2 years, 5 months ago

\'Don\'t involve village/ward volunteers in Aadhar linkage with voter list exercise\'

Deccan Chronicle  

Nellore: Village/ward volunteers will be kept away from a major initiative to link the voters with their Aadhaar numbers all over the state. Addressing the RDOs here on Thursday, Nellore collector Chakradhar Babu said they must accomplish the task along with the summary revision of photo electoral rolls as it helps delete double entries as also names of dead voters …

New guidelines from August 1 on revision of electoral rolls: CEO
2 years, 5 months ago

New guidelines from August 1 on revision of electoral rolls: CEO

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh’s chief electoral officer Mukesh Meena has announced that new guidelines will come into force for revision of electoral rolls from Aug. 1. For the benefit of the already registered voters, the ECI had introduced Form-6B to enable them submit their Aadhaar number, The new form would be available on web portals like ECI and others by July …

EC to start campaign to link voter ID with Aadhaar from August 1. Check details
2 years, 5 months ago

EC to start campaign to link voter ID with Aadhaar from August 1. Check details

Live Mint  

The Election Commission of India is set to begin a campaign to link Voter ID cards with Aadhaar cards from August 1. Shrikant Deshpande, Chief Election Officer, Maharashtra told ANI, “the Election Commission of India will start a campaign to link Voter ID cards with Aadhaar cards from August 1, across the state.” This will be done to establish identity …

SC asks Cong leader to approach HC against law linking Aadhaar with Voter ID
2 years, 5 months ago

SC asks Cong leader to approach HC against law linking Aadhaar with Voter ID

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala to approach the Delhi High Court with his plea challenging the Election Law Amendment Act that enables linking electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem. The Election Law Amendment Act enables linking electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem. The Congress leader, in his plea, said that the linkage …

Fix Aadhaar defects now
2 years, 8 months ago

Fix Aadhaar defects now

Hindustan Times  

There are several “deficiencies” in how India’s national identity project, Aadhaar, is managed, according to a report tabled by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in Parliament last week. Chief among these were instances of junk enrolment and low-quality biometric information, UIDAI’s inability to directly audit whether fingerprints and retina scans of citizens could be stored by third parties, …

Electoral linking subverts free and fair polls in India
3 years ago

Electoral linking subverts free and fair polls in India

Live Mint  

The passage of the Election Laws Bill, 2021, in the winter session of Parliament has ensured the contentious linking of electoral roll data with Aadhaar. Again, despite express demands for a division and counting, the Election Laws Bill, 2021, was passed in the upper house as well by a voice vote. Hence, linking Aadhaar and voter rolls portents a future …

Linking Aadhaar to electoral rolls is a great reform move
3 years ago

Linking Aadhaar to electoral rolls is a great reform move

Live Mint  

Indian Parliament recently passed an amendment to our electoral laws allowing the digital linking of the Aadhaar number of a citizen to the country’s electoral rolls on a voluntary basis. It would also become difficult for Indians to vote electronically, in case the law someday allows this, if the country’s electoral rolls are not properly maintained. This database should be …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Aadhaar’s use and misuse: Govt spreads its tentacles
3 years ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Aadhaar’s use and misuse: Govt spreads its tentacles

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi displays a neophyte’s zeal for the use of Aadhaar, an idea that he had strongly opposed when he was the chief minister of Gujarat. The Supreme Court’s judgment that there can be legitimate reasons for State intrusion into the privacy of the citizen had been used by Mr Rijiju to defend the use of Aadhaar’s new …

Thinking before linking: On linking electoral rolls with Aadhaar
3 years ago

Thinking before linking: On linking electoral rolls with Aadhaar

The Hindu  

An unwillingness to allow meaningful debate and invite wider consultation can undo even the progressive aspects of problematic legislation. On the face of it, the Bill’s objective — to purify the rolls and weed out bogus voters — may appear laudable, and the seeding of Aadhaar data with voter identity particulars may seem to be a good way of achieving …

Bill Linking Aadhaar to Voter ID Helpful; Oppn Protest Sparked by Hasty Parliament Nod, State Polls: Ex-CEC
3 years ago

Bill Linking Aadhaar to Voter ID Helpful; Oppn Protest Sparked by Hasty Parliament Nod, State Polls: Ex-CEC

News 18  

Amid opposition protests, the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Election Laws Bill, 2021, which will allow the linking of Aadhaar numbers to electoral roll data to weed out fake voters. The linking of Aadhaar with voter ID will provide an additional tool to authenticate a voter’s identity even when polling agents fail to verify. The bill was needed to …

BREAKING : Parliament Passes Election Laws Amendment Bill To Allow Aadhaar-Voter ID Linkage
3 years ago

BREAKING : Parliament Passes Election Laws Amendment Bill To Allow Aadhaar-Voter ID Linkage

Live Law  

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Election Laws Bill, 2021 which seeks to link Voter Identity Card and Aadhaar. The Bill contains a provision that: "The electoral registration officer may for the purpose of establishing the identity of any person require that such person may furnish the Aadhaar number given by the Unique Identification Authority of India as per …

Electoral reforms bill that links Aadhaar to voter ID passed by Lok Sabha
3 years ago

Electoral reforms bill that links Aadhaar to voter ID passed by Lok Sabha

Live Mint  

In the wake of emerging strong protests by opposition parties against the Election Laws Bill, the central government on Tuesday reiterated that these reforms are needed and also gave a detailed overview of how the proposed changes will benefit the electoral system. Here are 10 things to know about the Bill: 1) The Election Laws Bill, 2021 seeks to allow …

Electoral Reforms Bill: How Linking Aadhaar Number with Voter ID Card Will Solve Major Problems
3 years ago

Electoral Reforms Bill: How Linking Aadhaar Number with Voter ID Card Will Solve Major Problems

News 18  

Linking Aadhaar with the voter ID card will solve major problems related to managing database of the voters, said sources in the government after the Election Laws Bill, 2021 was passed in the Lok Sabha amid din on Monday. “It is difficult to maintain electoral database due to frequent shifting of residences by the voters and getting enrolled in a …

Opposition parties seek scrutiny of electoral reforms bill
3 years ago

Opposition parties seek scrutiny of electoral reforms bill

Hindustan Times  

Opposition parties have demanded further scrutiny of contentious provisions of the Election Laws Bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha by a voice vote hours after law minister Kiren Rijiju tabled the proposed law in the Lower House on Monday. The Bill proposes to allow Election Commission officials to seek Aadhaar details of registered voters on a voluntary basis …

BJP calls Congress's objection to Aadhaar-Voter ID linking a case of hypocrisy
3 years ago

BJP calls Congress's objection to Aadhaar-Voter ID linking a case of hypocrisy

India Today  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has hit out at the Congress over its objection to the Election Laws Bill that the Lok Sabha passed on Monday. Poonawala referred to a press note of the Election Commission to say that all political parties had urged it to link Aadhaar to Voter ID for better electoral roll management. They would win Olympic Gold …

Aadhaar and Voter ID link: Joining the strands of the debate
3 years ago

Aadhaar and Voter ID link: Joining the strands of the debate

Hindustan Times  

The Lok Sabha on Monday cleared a draft legislation on electoral reforms seeking to use Aadhaar numbers for identification and verification of voters, with the central government maintaining the process would weed out duplicate and fake voter IDs. In Section 23, the amendment seeks to include new clauses authorising electoral registration officers to seek the Aadhaar numbers of people who …

The Aadhaar-voter ID link
3 years ago

The Aadhaar-voter ID link

Hindustan Times  

Amendments to the election law to allow the interlinking of Aadhaar and the voter identity database were cleared by the Lok Sabha amid resistance from the Opposition. The idea to use the biometrics-based identity to clean up electoral rolls goes back more than five years, when the Election Commission carried out pilot projects to remove unverifiable entries in some states. …

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