Lok Sabha passes Bill to link electoral rolls with Aadhaar
The bill is named The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021. New Delhi: A bill to link electoral rolls with the Aadhaar ecosystem to weed out duplication was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday (December 20) amid protest by opposition members over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence issue. Introducing The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the legislation will end bogus voting in the country and make the electoral process more credible. The bill seeks to allow electoral registration officers to seek the Aadhaar number of people who want to register as voters "for the purpose of establishing the identity". Dismissing the apprehensions of the opposition on the bill as "baseless", the minister said opposition members were "misinterpreting" the Supreme Court judgement on personal liberty. "The opposition has not understood the objectives of the bill. This will make the election process more credible," he said. The min...