Chief Election Commissioner H S Brahma on Saturday announced the linking of EPIC roll with the Aadhaar to weed out fake voters and to purify the electoral rolls to the maximum.
Addressing the press here at the MCR Human Resources Development Institute , Brahma said: “We gave EPIC cards to 84 crore voters in the country so far and over 74 Indians now have Aaadhaar cards. Which means there is a gap of 10 crore. We want to rectify it within six months” Brahma said.
To fulfil the demand for putting an end to duplication of cards, the ECI, which has conducted 17 general elections and about 350 state elections since independence, has decided to link these cards. From March 1 to 15 August, the voters can enter their Aadhaar card details through the Election Commission of India’s official website, or through call centers. “This will go simultaneously in all the 676 districts of the country,” he added.
However, he said this doesn’t mean that voters will not be allowed to cast vote without Aadhaar. “The list of ID cards that one must carry to the polling booth remains the same. But this will help identify duplicate cards in circulation on a particular voter’s name or address,” he said.