Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has convened a meeting with the Union home secretary and the legislative secretary to discuss the issue of linking voter identity cards with Aadhaar amid allegations of fudging of electoral rolls data.
Flagging cases of duplicate voter card numbers allocated to electors in different states, opposition party Trinamool Congress has alleged that the poll authority was fudging voters’ list to help the BJP.
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi had also echoed similar sentiments in the Lok Sabha recently.
Describing duplicate card numbers as a “legacy issue”, Election Commission has assured to settle the matter in the next three months. It has maintained that duplicate numbers for not necessarily mean fake voters.
Sources said Kumar will discuss the issue with the home secretary, legislative secretary and CEO of UIDAI on Tuesday.