Arjun Adrian D’Souza, Senior Legal Counsel at SFLC.in, spoke with MediaNama about the recent notice of ECI on the Aadhaar-Voter ID Link.
Arjun said, “Voting is a constitutional right. The Supreme Court has emphatically held that when it comes to voting and exercising this right, it cannot be made contingent on the mandatory provision of Aadhaar.
Further, he stated that Aadhaar is not proof of citizenship—the Supreme Court has held that, and the government has stated it on numerous occasions. So, how linking Aadhaar with the EPIC is going to somehow relieve the entire problem of duplicate or fraudulent entries still remains to be seen.
