Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar has convened a meeting with senior officials from home and legislative ministries on Tuesday to discuss the seeding of voter identity cards with Aadhar. The CEC’s move comes amid opposition’s accusation of the Election Commission fudging the electoral roll in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The CEC’s has convened a meeting with the Union home secretary, legislative secretary and CEO of UIDAI on Tuesday to discuss the linking of voter IDs with Aadhar. As per law, voter IDs can be voluntarily linked with the Aadhaar database. The Centre recently informed Parliament that the Aadhaar-voter card seeding exercise did not have any specific timelines.
The opposition has been accusing the Centre of using the Election Commission for its political gains. The opposition INDIA bloc charged electoral roll is being manipulated for election wins. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi also raised the issue in the Parliament and sought discussion.
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Earlier, soon after the Maharashtra assembly polls, Rahul Gandhi charged the electoral roll for Maharashtra assembly polls was fudged and several names were added to the roll before the election. Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also levelled similar charges.
On charges of similar EPIC numbers for electors in different states, the Election Commission recently clarified that similar number could be due to the use of similar alphanumeric series by different states. Election Commission in a statement said, “While EPIC numbers of some of the electors may be identical, the other details including demographic details, Assembly Constituency and polling booth are different for the electors with the same EPIC number.”
