The Election Commission of India (ECI) has reiterated before the Supreme Court that Aadhaar card is being used only to verify the identity of applicants seeking inclusion in electoral rolls, and not as proof of citizenship.

The ECI made this statement in its reply filed to an interlocutory application moved by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who is seeking a direction against the use of Aadhaar as proof of date of birth in Form 6 used for the registration of new voters. The ECI responded that Aadhaar is only being used as a proof of identity in terms of Section 23(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950

In its affidavit, sworn by Santosh Kumar Dubey, Secretary of the ECI, the Commission said that by the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 , Section 23 of the RP Act was amended to enab

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