Aadhaar-voter ID link to clean voters list of multiple enrolment: Report

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Amid Opposition criticism of a bill to link Aadhaar with electoral rolls, sources in the government on Tuesday said the move would solve the “major problem” of multiple enrolment of the same person at different places and help in “cleaning” the voters list to a great extent.

The assertion comes a day after the ‘Election Laws (Amendment) bill 2021’ to link electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem and bring other poll reforms was passed by the Lok Sabha after a brief debate and amid demand by the Opposition to refer it to a standing committee.

The government sources said the bill incorporates various electoral reforms which have been discussed for a long time. Registration in the electoral roll is done based on an application by a person who is eligible to be registered as a voter and this bill has a provision whereby the new applicant may voluntarily provide the Aadhaar number along with the application for the purpose of identity, they said.

No application will be rejected on the grounds that Aadhaar number has not been provided, the sources added. Aadhaar linking with electoral roll will solve “one of the major problems” in electoral database management which is multiple enrolment of the same person at different places, they said.