Trinamool Congress Calls for Suspension of EPIC-Aadhaar Linking Process
The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to postpone linking Voter ID cards (EPICs) with Aadhaar numbers. They ask for this delay until key concerns are resolved. On Friday, a memorandum signed by Derek O'Brien, AITC Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha, along with Kalyan Banerjee, Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, and Sagarika Ghose, was submitted to the ECI. This follows an earlier meeting between a 10-member AITC delegation and ECI officials on March 11. Concerns Over the Voluntary Nature of Aadhaar-EPIC Linking The party raised concerns about the voluntary nature of Aadhaar-EPIC linking.…