Over 1,000 Meghalaya residents want to erase Aadhaar information

Even as the Supreme Court is hearing a host of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, 1,202 people in Meghalaya have written to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to erase their personal information from the site, saying their consent was not taken at the time of enrollment.

In emails to the UIDAI, they have also asked for details about the organisations with whom their Aadhaar numbers had been shared, sources said.

The residents have said their consent was not taken during enrollment, and even in cases where they had consented, they wanted to withdraw their consent and