Question: Consider the following statements:
(i) On 20th December 2021 Lok Sabha has passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
(ii) The bill proposes to link Aadhar to voter ID among other provisions.
Which of the above two are correct?
(a) i
(b) ii
(c) Both i and ii
(d) None
Ans: c
Recent Context
- On 20th December 2021 Lok Sabha has passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
Related Facts
- Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 will allow electoral registration officers to ask for Aadhaar number of people who want to register as voters.
- It will also allow for the linking of Aadhar to already existing Voter Ids.
- This will help in rooting out discrepancies in voter id as well as ghost voters.
- It will also help to identify registration of name of same person in electoral roll of more than one constituency or to identify the registration of name more than once in same constituency.
- Bill also makes it clear that, “no application will be denied for inclusion of name in the electoral roll and no entries will be deleted for inability of individuals in the electoral roll, to intimate Aadhaar number due to such sufficient cause”.
- Such people will be allowed to furnish other alternative documents as may be prescribed.
- The bill will amend several sections of Representation of the People Act, 1950 and 1951.
- Bill has also faced opposition as Aadhar act is for the targeted delivery of financial and other subsidy benefits and services only and cant be used to interfere with a legal right such as voting.
Kameshwar Shukla
Reference:
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/election-laws-amendment-bill-passed-lok-sabha-7681801/