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Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale connected Thursday (November 20, 2025) questioned however the UIDAI shared a database of 'deactivated' Aadhaar numbers from West Bengal with the Election Commission of India, and said they had antecedently claimed that specified lists are not maintained.
In a station connected X, Mr. Gokhale, a Rajya Sabha MP from Trinamool Congress, alleged that the ECI is "collaborating with Modi government's UIDAI for ballot chori".
"A fewer days ago, it was reported that UIDAI (which issues Aadhaar) has shared 30-32 lakh deactivated Aadhaar numbers with ECI. UIDAI claims these Aadhaar numbers beryllium to dormant people," Mr. Gokhale said.
"Now, here's the scam... Last year, UIDAI sent maine a missive regarding deactivated Aadhaar. In that letter, it said: 'UIDAI does not support state-wise and reason-wise details for deactivated Aadhaar numbers'," Mr. Gokhale said.
He shared a effect by the UIDAI dated February 26, 2024, successful which they had said authorities wise, and crushed omniscient information is not maintained. The reply besides said till then, 103 lakh Aadhaar cards had been deactivated, including 82 lakh of those who passed away.
"In different words, UIDAI told maine successful penning that it lone maintains a wide database of deactivated Aadhaars. It does not cognize which states these Aadhaars were issued successful and what the crushed for deactivation was," helium said.
He added that UIDAI had besides said the aforesaid happening connected the level of Parliament.
"In that case, however is the UIDAI claiming that determination are 30-32 lakh deactivated Aadhaars specifically successful West Bengal erstwhile it does not support state-wise data?" helium said.
"How does the UIDAI cognize that 30-32 lakh Aadhaars successful Bengal person been deactivated owing to deaths of the Aadhaar holder erstwhile it does not besides support reason-wise data? This is yet different brazen illustration of ECI collaborating with the BJP to transportation retired large-scale deletion of voters," helium said.
"The Modi government's UIDAI indispensable clarify... Did they prevarication successful Parliament oregon are they lying present conscionable to assistance ECI and BJP with ballot chori nether the guise of SIR?" helium said.
About 34 lakh Aadhaar paper holders successful West Bengal person been recovered to beryllium 'deceased' since the individuality paper was introduced successful January 2009, UIDAI authorities informed the Election Commission of India earlier this week.
The UIDAI authorities besides communicated to the ECI that astir 13 lakh radical successful the State ne'er possessed Aadhaar cards, but person since died.
The accusation was shared during a gathering betwixt officials of UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) and the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal, amid the ongoing enumeration workout of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Kolkata.
The gathering followed an ECI directive asking each authorities CEOs to coordinate with Aadhaar authorities to verify elector information and place discrepancies.
UIDAI’s reply to Gokhale
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said successful a reply successful X to Gokhale’s tweet that the decease records with Aadhaar numbers were shared by West Bengal’s Health and Family Welfare section and besides by Food and Supplies department.
It claimed that successful July 2025, Bengal govt’s Health and Family Welfare section shared 33.4 lakh decease records with Aadhaar numbers and UIDAI besides added successful its tweet that Food and Supplies section besides shared decease records of 15 lakh people.
UIDAI claimed that 32.8 lakh Aadhaars were deactivated based connected the decease reported by West Bengal government.
VERY important: How the ECI is collaborating with Modi Govt's UIDAI for ballot chori
A fewer days ago, it was reported that UIDAI (which issues Aadhaar) has shared 30-32 lakh "deactivated" Aadhaar numbers with ECI. UIDAI claims these Aadhaar numbers beryllium to dormant people.
