The sanctity of one eligible citizen, one vote forms the foundation of India’s electoral democracy — it is against this verity that the Election Commission of India ’s move to link the Elector Voter Identification Card to Aadhaar needs to be seen. Aadhaar’s biometric-based verification establishes a person’s identity with near infallibility, and to that end, a centralised EPIC database …
The Election Commission on Tuesday set the ball rolling for linking Aadhaar with Electoral Photo Identity Card numbers. Commenting on the EC statement on its intent to link EPIC Voter ID numbers with Aadhaar numbers, the Empowered Action Group of Leaders and Experts of the Congress in a statement said the EC must consult all political parties/stakeholders and assure them …
