Where is the need ?

What is the need for linking Aadhar ID with Voter ID ?

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji ,and the Election Commission  seem to be asking that

Here are relevant news :

Shri  Ravi Shankar  Prasadji :

I don’t favour linking Aadhaar number to voter ID, says Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

https://scroll.in/latest/874142/i-dont-favour-linking-aadhaar-number-to-voter-id-says-union-minister-ravi-shankar-prasad

Prasad said the government did not want to be accused of spying on citizens.

“The larger issue is that if everything is linked to Aadhaar, then the great supporters of anti-Aadhaar will say that the Narendra Modi government is snooping on everything, boarding, what you are eating, which cinema you are going. I don’t want that,” he said, according to PTI.

But then ,

Aadhar Card and Voter Card , carry pretty much the same data about a citizen

I suppose  government can “ match “ the two databases and calculate the “ probability “ that those data belong to the SAME person !

But leaving that aside , Election Commission’s suggestion to offer a powerful  “ Incentive “ to the voters to come forward and voluntarily ask for such linking , makes more sense !

 “  Let Aadhar – Voter ID link be voluntary , EC may tell SC “

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/let-aadhaar-voter-id-link-be-voluntary-election-commission-may-tell-supreme-court/articleshow/63604139.cms

The Election Commission of India is likely to plead in the Supreme Court that linking of Aadhaar number with voter ID-cards be made voluntary and not mandatory.

The Supreme Court is set to hear a public interest litigation that seeks to link Aadhaar with electoral voter ID cards later this month.

According to insiders, EC is looking at offering  incentives such as online voting rights  or option of voting through postal ballots to voters who would link their Aadhaar numbers to voter ID card 

There is a high probability that voters would opt for such “ voluntary “ linking since no one likes to walk down to the polling booth in hot sun or torrential rain , and stand in a queue for voting

Since all voters do not possess internet connected computers ( to be able to vote online ), I strongly urge the government to immediately develop and launch , mobile app :

VotesApp  [  18  Dec  2012  ]

http://www.hemenparekh.in/2013/08/votesapp.html#.WsYE-ohubcc

There is no way , Supreme Court or the Opposition parties can object to this , since the linking , is entirely “ voluntary “

If anything , telling the Supreme Court  about all the advantages of VotesApp , will ensure full backing by the judiciary !

05  April  2018

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