Plea in HC for linking of voter ID cards with Aadhaar

A plea was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking direction to the Election Commission (EC) to link Voter ID with Aadhaar numbers to curtail bogus and duplicate voting in polls.

The petition, which is likely to come up for hearing on Tuesday, also sought that EC be directed to take appropriate steps to implement 'Aadhaar based election voting system' to ensure maximum participation of citizens in polls and to curtail fake and fabricated votes.

Advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay, who had filed the PIL, said "... It is pertinent to point out that once Aadhaar is created, mere linking of the same with Voter ID would not tantamount to infringement of any fundamental right guaranteed under the Constitution."