Aadhaar, ration card can’t be included as proof for Bihar voter roll revision: EC to Supreme Court
Aadhaar cards, voter ID cards and ration cards cannot be included as standalone valid documents for the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, the Election Commission told the Supreme Court on Monday.
In a counter-affidavit filed in the court, the poll panel also stated that a person’s citizenship will “not terminate” on being found ineligible for registration in the electoral rolls.
This came in response to the Supreme Court’s July 10 order that asked the Election Commission to consider Aadhaar cards, voter identity cards and ration cards as valid proof for the electoral roll revision exercise “in the interest of justice”.
The court was hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the Election Commission’s decision to carry out the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections, which are expected to take place in October or November.
The petitioners had challenged the poll panel’s exclusion of the Aadhaar card and voter ID from the list of documents specified as proof of citizenship for those whose names were not included in the 2003 electoral roll.
The Election Commission filed its affidavit in response to the petitions on Monday.
On Aadhaar, voter ID
The poll panel said in its affidavit that Aadhaar does not “constitute proof of Indian citizenship”.
“However, this is not to say that Aadhaar cannot...
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