The Supreme Court of India on Monday directed that the Aadhaar card "must" be included as proof of identity for voters in the special intensive revision exercise of electoral rolls in Bihar. Days after the Leader of the Opposition made a ‘vote chori’ allegation against the Election Commission and also slammed the BJP for allegedly tampering with votes, the Supreme Court of India is now taking measures to ensure sheer transparency in the elections. 

Adding the Aadhaar card to the list of 11 prescribed documents in the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi made it clear that Aadhaar will not be proof of citizenship.