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New Delhi, December 16
The authorities right this moment knowledgeable the Lok Sabha that the names of voters, who don’t hyperlink their Aadhaar quantity with the voter card, wouldn’t be struck off the electoral rolls.
Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju, whereas replying to a written query within the House, famous that linking an Aadhaar quantity with an election identification card was “voluntary”.
“The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021, allows electoral registration officers to require existing or prospective electors to provide Aadhaar number for the purpose of establishing identity on a voluntary basis,” he stated.
The Election Commission (EC) launched a programme to gather the Aadhaar numbers of current and potential electors on a voluntary foundation from August 1 in all states/UTs.
“It is voluntary to link Aadhaar with a voter ID and consent is obtained from the elector for Aadhaar authentication on Form 6B, which was recently introduced,” the minister added.
Rijiju, nonetheless, made it clear that “there is no provision for withdrawing the consent” after sharing Aadhaar particulars.
Asked whether or not the identify of the voters, whose voter IDs should not linked with Aadhaar, could be deleted from the electoral rolls, the Minister replied within the damaging.
The minister knowledgeable the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that greater than 54 crore of the practically 95 crore voters had opted to hyperlink their Aadhaar particulars with the voter listing. He had stated linking of Aadhaar was “process driven” and “no targets have been given” for linking Aadhaar with election photograph identification card. — TNS
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