The CPI-M Thursday said those buying cooking gas cylinders should not be asked to produce Aadhar cards.
"Aadhar linkage is also illegal in the light of the fact that there is no legal basis for Aadhar identification," the party said in a statement.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist also expressed serious concern over the number of gang rapes against women in West Bengal.
"This has been exemplified by the horrific double gang rape of a 16-year-old girl and her subsequent murder. West Bengal has registered the highest number of crimes against women in India in 2011-12.
It condemned the "callous attitude" and the failure of the Trinamool Congress government to take swift action against the culprits and
effective steps to curb such crimes against women.
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