Aadhaar initiative is one of the most draconian and
unwanted initiative that has been forced upon Indian citizens by our
respective governments. Whether it is Congress or BJP, both have been
wasting public financial resources upon an illegal and
unconstitutional
project like Aadhaar.
What is really surprising is the fact that all this
is happening despite the fact that the Supreme Court of India has
declared that Aadhaar cannot
be made compulsory by Indian government. However,
government departments and authorities in India are openly flouting
this direction of the apex court and are committing contempt of
court.
There was a dire need for the Modi government to
scrap
the Aadhaar project. However, Modi government preferred to
keep the project alive for reasons best known to it. Experts believe
that although the Modi government has allocated a big sum for Aadhaar
project yet it cannot legally spend the same upon Aadhaar project
till legal and technical infirmities are removed first. Otherwise, it
would be another round of booty
sharing of hard earned public money.
Legality of Aadhaar project has already been
questioned
before many courts including the apex court of India. Till now the
real intentions of Indian government has come to light. The façade
of public and welfare services is no more applicable to Aadhaar
project as there is no element of welfare activities in the Aadhaar
project. In fact, Indian government is hiding
truth from Indian citizens in this regard and is all
committed to violate our civil liberties.
There is no doubt that privacy
is a basic human right that no government can take away.
However, Indian government is not respecting this human right and is
indulging in illegal and unaccountable e-surveillance and snooping.
Instead of ensuring
privacy rights in India, India is supporting
countries like US for illegal e-surveillance upon Indian citizens.
Modi government must not fool Indians by portraying
Aadhaar as a welfare project and must scrap the same till proper
constitutional and legal
safeguards are put in place. Indians must not enroll for
Aadhaar no matter whatever arm twisting tactics are adopted by the
Indian government in this regard.
