The government is considering a proposal to link the electoral roll with Aadhaar with a view to “curb the menace of multiple enrolments of the same person at different places”, Minister for Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad informed Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
“Electoral roll database system does not enter into the Aadhaar ecosystem, and the system is used only for authentication purpose keeping a tight air-gap between the two systems. These measures effectively prevent theft interception and the hijacking of the voter system,” the reply stated.
The minister said that the proposal would require amendments to existing laws and is “under the consideration of the government.”
The minister was asked how the government plans to protect data linked with Aadhaar and voter ID from being misused.
Surjitt Sahani
