{"id":259420,"date":"2025-03-15T08:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T08:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/cec-gyanesh-kumar-calls-for-discussion-with-home-secretary-ceo-uidai-on-linking-of-epic-and-aadhaar-on-march-18\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T08:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T08:04:11","slug":"cec-gyanesh-kumar-calls-for-discussion-with-home-secretary-ceo-uidai-on-linking-of-epic-and-aadhaar-on-march-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/cec-gyanesh-kumar-calls-for-discussion-with-home-secretary-ceo-uidai-on-linking-of-epic-and-aadhaar-on-march-18\/","title":{"rendered":"CEC Gyanesh Kumar calls for discussion with Home Secretary, CEO UIDAI on linking of EPIC and Aadhaar on March 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/118783427.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"CEC Gyanesh Kumar calls for discussion with Home Secretary, CEO UIDAI on linking of EPIC and Aadhaar on March 18\" title=\"CEC Gyanesh Kumar calls for discussion with Home Secretary, CEO UIDAI on linking of EPIC and Aadhaar on March 18\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-brcount=\"20\">New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/gyanesh-kumar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gyanesh Kumar<\/a> called for a discussion with the Home Secretary, Secretary Legislative Department and CEO <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/wealth\/uidai\" rel=\"noopener\">UIDAI<\/a> with the Commission, on the linking of EPIC and Aadhaar on March 18, sources said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/dynamic_link.cms?msid=107107653&subsecid=1715249553&pos=toppotime:1-->According to the sources, the meeting is scheduled in the Election Commission on Tuesday, March 18. <\/p>\n<p>The <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/election-commission-of-india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Election Commission of India<\/a> (ECI) has invited suggestions from all national and state political parties by April 30, to address any unresolved <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/electoral-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electoral issues<\/a> at the level of Electoral Registration Officers (ERO), District Election Officers (DEO), or Chief Electoral Officers (CEO).<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on March 10, the Election Commission Monday said the matter related to duplicate <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/voter-identity-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voter identity card<\/a> numbers is a &#8220;legacy issue,&#8221; with such cards being issued even between 2008 and 2013, when the BJP-led NDA was not in power.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, the poll body also directed states to remove all discrepancies in the elector&#8217;s photo identity card during annual electoral roll updates.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none;\" data-ga-impression=\"Events_widget_$pagename#Impression#url\" class=\"liveEventMain_widget custom_ad\">\n<div class=\"topContain\">\n<div class=\"imgBox\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"logoTitle\">Live Events<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/live_events_widget.cms?pagename=articlepotime:1--><br \/>The poll body had recently clarified that irrespective of the EPIC number, an elector can cast a vote only at their designated polling station.To allay any apprehensions, all cases of <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/duplicate-epic-numbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">duplicate EPIC numbers<\/a> will be resolved within three months&#8217; time by ensuring a unique EPIC number for the existing electors having duplicate EPIC numbers and for future electors as well, the EC had said.The issue of duplicate numbers found an echo in Parliament on March 10, with Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/panache\/panache-people-101\/rahul-gandhi\/profileshow\/86561293.cms\" rel=\"noopener\">Rahul Gandhi<\/a> demanding a discussion in the House on voter lists, on which several political parties have raised certain questions.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;The question is being raised on the voter list in every state. In Maharashtra, questions were raised about the black and white voter lists. The entire opposition is just saying that there should be a discussion on the voter&#8217;s list.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On March 6, a delegation of the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/trinamool-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trinamool Congress<\/a> met Election Commission officials in Kolkata regarding their complaints about the same Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/cec-gyanesh-kumar-calls-for-discussion-with-home-secretary-ceo-uidai-on-linking-of-epic-and-aadhaar-on-march-18\/articleshow\/119037027.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar called for a discussion with the Home Secretary, Secretary Legislative Department and CEO UIDAI with the Commission, on the linking of EPIC and Aadhaar on March 18, sources said on Saturday. According to the sources, the meeting is scheduled in the Election Commission on Tuesday, March 18. 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