The Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has taken place many times. But never before has it been more necessary. This is because of what many INDI Alliance governments have allegedly done — add illegal immigrants to the Aadhaar rolls with false identities and use that to add them to theelectoral rolls. The story of undermining Indian democracy with illegal immigrants via Aadhaar and electoral rolls needs to be placed before the people of India.

In 2002, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Home Minister L K Advani mooted the idea of a National Identity Card. To be clear, it was a programme that would identify citizens and non-citizens/residents. In 2004, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was sworn in. In 2009, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was formed with Nandan Nilekani

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