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New Delhi: The Election Commission has taken a big decision to curb fake voting and fake voter ID. The Commission has decided to link the voter ID card to the Aadhaar card. Now the people of the country will have to link their voter ID to the Aadhaar card.
Big decision taken in meeting with officials
According to the information, Election Commissioner Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi, under the leadership of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, held a meeting with Union Home Secretary, Secretary of Legislative Department, Secretary of Electronics and Information Technology and CEO of UIDAI and Technical experts of Election Commission in the Election House today. It was decided in the meeting that the work of linking the voter ID Cord with Aadhaar card will be done according to the provisions of Article 326 of the Constitution.
Expert will meet
According to the information, soon the Election Commission and UIDAI experts will start technical counseling on Aadhaar-Voter Card Linkage. After this, the process of linking can be started.
Election Commission released this statement
The Election Commission said in a statement that according to Article 326 of the Constitution, the right to vote can only be given to the citizen of India, but the Aadhaar only establishes the identity of one person. Therefore, it was decided that linking the voter photo identity card (EPIC) to Aadhaar would only be made according to the provisions of Article 326 of the Constitution, Section 23 (4), 23 (5) and 23 (6) of the Constitution Act, 1950 and according to the Supreme Court verdict (2023). The Commission said that the law allows voter lists voluntarily connect with the Aadhaar database.
Input-PTI
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