Akhilesh Yadav reiterates demand to link voter ID with Aadhaar card

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday demanded that the voter ID should be linked with Aadhaar card and instead of a paper or plastic card, a metal card should be used to avoid duplication.

"Simple, straightforward demands regarding the election. Aadhaar cards should be linked to voting. Instead of paper or plastic, 'metal cards' should be made so they cannot be forged. Fingerprint or iris-based biometric identification should be adopted because no two people have the same biometrics. So, the BJP will not be able to rig the votes," Yadav posted on X.

His response follows a statement by UP CM Yogi Adityanath that one crore 27 lakh Hindu voters have their names listed in the voter list for the state panchayat polls while their names have been deleted from the Election Commission of India's voters' list.


This is the second time Yadav has raised the demand of linking Voter ID to Aadhaar. During his press conference on October 26, he had raised this demand and suggested that this should be done before the UP assembly elections.