Accept Aadhaar card as 12th document: EC tells Bihar poll authority

New Delhi, Sept 10: The Election Commission has asked its Bihar poll machinery to accept Aadhaar card as an additional document to establish the identity of electors following the Supreme Court’s directives.

In a letter to the state Chief Electoral Officer on Tuesday, the Commission said “The Aadhaar card shall be treated as the 12th document, in addition to the 11 documents listed…”

The EC made it clear that the Aadhaar card is to be accepted and utilised as a “proof of identity and not as a proof of citizenship”, in terms of Section 9 of the Aadhaar (Delivery of Financial And Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act.

Under Section 23(4) of the Representation of People Act, 1950, the Aadhaar Card is already one of the documents enumerated for the purpose of establishing the identity of a person.

The poll panel also cautioned that “any instance of non-compliance or refusal to accept Aadhaar in accordance with this directive shall be treated with utmost seriousness”.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed that Aadhaar card “must” be included as an identity proof of voters in the special intensive revision exercise of electoral rolls in Bihar and asked the Election Commission to implement the direction by September 9.(PTI)

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