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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday is learnt to have cleared a bill on electoral reforms, including the one to link electoral roll with Aadhaar on a voluntary basis to root out multiple enrolments. According to the bill, the electoral law will also be made “gender neutral” for service voters. An army man’s wife is entitled to be enrolled as a service voter, but a woman army
New Delhi, December 15 The Union Cabinet on Wednesday is learnt to have cleared a bill on electoral reforms, including the one to link electoral roll with Aadhaar on a voluntary basis to root out mul
The bill on these reforms cleared on Wednesday are likely to be introduced in the ongoing Winter session.
Despite the ECI's enquiries and reassurances, there is a fairly widespread impression that the attempted linking of electoral roll data with Aadhaar may have resulted in the disenfranchisement of legitimate voters.
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. File | Photo Credit: PTI The aim is to curb the menace of multiple enrolment of the same person at different places The Election Commission's proposal to link electoral roll with the Aadhaar ecosystem to root out multiple enrolments is under the consideration of the government, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the poll panel has proposed to link electoral roll with the "Aadhaar ecosystem" with a "view to curb the menace of multiple enrolment of the same person at different places". He ...