EPIC-Aadhaar linkage a better method to create error-free electoral roll, says former MP

The Election Commission of India should person taken up the mandatory linking of Aadhaar with Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) alternatively of taking up the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) if the nonsubjective was to make an error-free electoral rotation successful the country, erstwhile Member of Parliament and president of Puducherry Maanila Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam M. Ramadass has said.

In a statement, helium said the SIR workout had led to large-scale deletion of voters successful Bihar. The ongoing workout successful respective States and Union Territories has created a batch of disorder among voters and posing work-related problems to Booth Level Officers, helium said.

“The hurry and haste to implicit the revision wrong 1 period could effect successful an electoral rotation much imperfect with a borderline of 15 to 20 per cent error. Linking Aadhaar is acold superior successful purifying the electoral rolls. Since the linking uses centralised biometric information basal and is technology-driven, it enables integer matching, automates verification, reduces impersonation risks and helps place and delete deceased voters. It tin assistance place duplicate oregon fraudulent entries successful aggregate States oregon constituencies owed to the federation based information of Aadhaar,” helium said.