New Delhi, March 19 -- Linking of voter identity cards with Aadhaar will be done according to the existing laws and in line with the Supreme Court's (SC) directions. The Election Commission of India (ECI) will soon start technical consultations with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
This comes after the Chief Election Commission (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar along with Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr Vivek Joshi, meeting with the Union Home Secretary, Legislative Secretary (in the Law Ministry), the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary and the UIDAI CEO on the issue of voter identity card-Aadhaar seeding. The poll body meeting assumes significance in the view of the Opposition...