The law linking Aadhaar and voter ID was challenged in the Supreme Court, with Congress’s Randeep Singh Surjewala seeking its repeal.
Seeking its repeal, the Congress leader, in a petition, termed the law as unconstitutional and a violation of the right to privacy and the right to equality.
The matter is likely to come up for hearing on Monday. A bench of Justice DY Chandrachud will hear the matter.
Center introduces challan for hyperlinking voter ID card, Aadhar card
Earlier in December of 2021, the center had launched Election Legal Guidelines (Amendment Challan) 2021 for Linking Voter ID and Aadhar Card, Notwithstanding Objections of Opposition Parties on Transfer. Regulation Minister Kiren Rijiju rejected statements by opposition lawmakers that the challan would violate the fundamental rights of residents, clarifying that the amendment was only to prevent bogus and fraudulent voting.
The government further said that the linking of Aadhaar with the electoral rolls will do away with the “major problem” of multiple enrollments of the same person at different places and will help in “purifying” the electoral rolls to a great extent.
Opposition slams government
Following the introduction of the invoicing, members of 0pposition reprimanded the federal government for expediting the invoicing through the parliamentary process and demanded that it be referred to a standing committee. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, “The challan is outside the legislative competence of the House as it violates the limits of laws laid down by the Supreme Court in its judgment (Puttaswamy v Union of India).” His party colleague Manish Tewari said, “Linking of voter ID and Aadhaar violates the fundamental right to privacy, as stated in the Supreme Court judgment.”
They have also argued that allowing Aadhaar-Voter ID link could lead to more non-citizens voting in the country.
Apart from the Congress, MK Stalin’s DMK, Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party, Trinamool Congress, Shiv Sena and BSP have opposed the new rules.
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