Bihar Election 2025: Aadhaar as proof of citizenship or birth? Watch what CEC Gyanesh Kumar says | Video | Mint

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "Providing your Aadhaar number is not mandatory under the Aadhaar Act, nor under Section 26 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
47% : CEC Gyanesh Kumar said providing your Aadhaar number is not mandatory under the Aadhaar Act, nor under Section 26 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 Bihar Election 2025:
46% : "...According to the Supreme Court's orders and under the Aadhaar Act, Aadhaar cannot be considered proof of date of birth, proof of residence, or proof of citizenship," Kumar, who led a delegation of ECI to poll-bound Patna said.
45% : Chief Election Commission Gyanesh Kumar said on October 5 that the Aadhaar card cannot be considered a proof of citizenship under the Representation of the People Act 1950 and the Aadhaar Act.
44% : "Aadhaar card cannot be considered a proof of citizenship under the Representation of the People Act 1950 and the Aadhaar Act," Kumar told reporters in Patna asserting that Aadhaar can also not be a proof of birth for an individual.
40% : Even under the Aadhaar Act, the poll panel chief saud, the Aadhaar card is neither proof of residence nor proof of citizenship.

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