NEW DELHI, Dec 21: Parliament today passed a Bill to link electoral roll data with the Aadhar ecosystem with Rajya Sabha passing it by voice vote amid a walkout by the Opposition.
The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was passed in Lok Sabha on Monday, seeks to weed out fake voters from electoral rolls.
The opposition parties were demanding a division of votes as they had moved a motion to send the Bill to a select committee, which was rejected by voice vote.
TMC member Derek O’Brien cited rules for a division of votes even as Deputy Chairman Harivansh urged members to go to their seats to enable the division.
However, opposition members continued to raise slogans in the well. O’Brien threw the rule book on the table where officials sit and staged a walkout.
Ruling party members strongly condemned his behaviour.
Members of Congress, TMC, Left parties, DMK and NCP also walked out from the House in protest.
Members of BJP, JD(U), YSRCP, AIADMK, BJD and TMC-M supported the Bill, saying it will help in eradicating duplicate and fake voters from electoral rolls.
Meanwhile, amid Opposition criticism of a bill to link Aadhar with electoral rolls, sources in the Government today said the move would solve the “major problem” of multiple enrolment of the same person at different places and help in “cleaning” the voters’ list to a great extent.
The assertion comes a day after the ‘Election Laws (Amendment) bill 2021’ to link electoral roll data with the Aadhar ecosystem and bring other poll reforms was passed by the Lok Sabha after a brief debate and amid demand by the Opposition to refer it to a standing committee. (PTI)
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