India has revised its electoral rolls many times before, but the current revision is seen as more urgent than ever, writes Rajya Sabha MP and BJP’s Kerala state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar for The Indian Express. He says that this is because of the allegations that have emerged regarding some INDI Alliance governments which allowed illegal immigrants to be added to Aadhaar with fake identities and then used those details to include them in the voter lists. Many believe this has weakened India’s democratic process, making it necessary to revisit the issue.

How was Aadhaar born?

Chandrasekhar writes, the idea of a National Identity Card was first raised in 2002 by then Prime Minister AB Vajpayee and Home Minister LK Advani. The plan was to clearly identify citizens and non-citizens. B

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