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25/02/23 08:09 AM IST

Aadhaar Linkage with Voter IDs

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  • Over 60% of India’s 94.5 crore voters in India have linked their Aadhaar number to their voter IDs, the Election Commission (EC) disclosed in a Right to Information response obtained by The Hindu. The total number of voters who have their Aadhaar linked is 56,90,83,090.
Major Highlights
  • Tripura, had the highest rate of Aadhaar linking; over 92% of voters in the State have provided their Aadhaar details to the Election Commission.
  • After Tripura, Lakshadweep and Madhya Pradesh occupy the second and third spots, with over 91% and 86% of voters having provided the number respectively.
  • The State with the lowest Aadhaar registration by voters is Gujarat, where only 31.5% of voters have linked the document to their voter registration. Less than 34% of voters in the national capital had their Aadhaar linked.
  • Voters in southern States have not provided their Aadhaar in such proportions, even though they are above the national average.
Why govt is pushing for linkage?
  • The government claims the linkage will solve the problem of multiple enrollments of the same person at different places.
  • Once the Aadhaar linkage is achieved, the electoral roll data system will instantly alert the existence of previous registration(s) whenever a person applies for new registration.
  • This will help in cleaning the electoral roll to a great extent and facilitate elector registration in the location at which they are ‘ordinarily resident’.
Concerns
  • This is against the Supreme Court judgment in Justice K. S Puttaswamy v Union of India & Ors which dealt with the validity of the Aadhar card. According to the judgment, Aadhar cards can only be made mandatory if some benefit or subsidy is sought and not if there is an intrinsic right, such as the right to vote.
  • The linkage poses a major threat to the independence of the Election Commission (EC) as the preparation of the electoral rolls is made dependent on the processes of Aadhaar, a process it has no control over.
Source- The Hindu

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