Amid the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has reiterated before the Supreme Court that Aadhaar is used solely to verify an applicant’s identity and not as proof of citizenship.

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This clarification was made in the Commission’s response to an interlocutory application filed by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who has sought a bar on using Aadhaar as proof of date of birth in Form 6, the application used for new voter registration. As per a LiveLaw report, the ECI said Aadhaar is relied on solely as an identity document under Section 23(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.

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