Bill linking Aadhaar cards with voter ID passed in Rajya Sabha amid protests

Amid vociferous protests the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Election Laws Amendment Bill 2021 approximately within an hour of being introduced by Law Minister Kiren RijijuThe Bill seeks to link electoral rolls to the Aadhaar number allowing electoral registration officers to ask for Aadhaar numbers of applicants wanting to register as voters to establish their identityReplying to the debate the Law Minister said It will delete the multiple votes of single person and cleanse the system of the fake voters The government has deliberated the matter in detail with the Election CommissionRijiju said that the Bill will bring important electoral reforms in the country We wanted the entire House to participate in the debate but they have been protesting and sloganeeringHe said the Bill aimed at purifying the electoral process in the country was brought after wide consultations with the Election Commission and the state governmentsAlso read Amid Opposition protest Lok Sabha passes Bill linking electoral rolls to Aadhaar via voice voteIt is based on the recommendation of the Standing Committee Report of the Department of Personnel and Training Law and Justice consisting of members of all political parties The protesting members have either not gone through the draft Bill or are deliberately showing ignorance of the new provisionsThe Opposition leaders raised multiple point of order on the procedure of introduction of the Bill which was rejected by the chair Anand Sharma of Congress and Derek O Brien of TMC said the Opposition did not get time to peruse the BillIntervention by BJP Member Sushil Modi who said that Deepender Hooda and Sukhendu Shekar Ray were present in the committee but did not object it which was challanged by RayWhen the motion to send the Bill to select committee by John Britas and others were negated he insisted on division Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh who was on the chair said that those seeking division should go to the ChairThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever