“If any adult wants Aadhaar, we want to conduct a thorough inquiry first and allow only the DC (district collector) to issue Aadhaar to them,” Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said
The Assam government is considering empowering only district commissioners (DCs) to issue Aadhaar to adults in a bid to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining the unique biometric identity number.
The state in the northeast bordering Bangladesh has been grappling with the issue of illegal immigrants, especially Bangladeshis, coming in large numbers for decades.
“We decided in the cabinet meeting today to tighten the process of issuing Aadhaar to adults,” Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today.
“Many people who come to Assam from Bangladesh are adults. We have already achieved hundred per cent Aadhaar coverage. So if any adult wants Aadhaar, we want to conduct a thorough inquiry first and allow only the DC to issue Aadhaar to them,” he added.
“I feel that this process will deter people who come from Bangladesh from getting Aadhaar. And it will be easy to catch them without Aadhaar
Leave a Reply