Subramanian Swamy, BJP Rajya Sabha MP, on Tuesday, hit out at the compulsory Aadhar, saying it was a threat to India’s national security. Swamy said he will soon write to the PM and hoped that the Supreme Court will strike it down.
“I am writing a letter soon to PM detailing how compulsory Aadhar is a threat to our national security. SC will I am sure strike it down,” Swamy tweeted.
On Monday, Supreme Court had said that a Constitution bench will start hearing a batch of petitions challenging Modi government’s move to make Aadhaar card mandatory for availing several services and benefits of government welfare schemes from the last week of November.
The SC bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said this after Attorney General K K Venugopal told the court the Centre was ready to argue in the matter and that no interim order was required to be passed without hearing him in the case.
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Appearing for one of the petitioners challenging the government’s move, Senior advocate Gopal Subramanium told the bench that the apex court had earlier passed several orders in the Aadhaar matter and observed that it was “purely a voluntary act”, and there would not be any compulsion for the citizens to have the card to receive benefits of the governments schemes.
I am writing a letter soon to PM detailing how compulsory Aadhar is a threat to our national security. SC will I am sure strike it down.
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) October 31, 2017
Deadline extended
The Centre had told the apex court last week that it had extended the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail benefits of government schemes to March 31, 2018. The previous deadline was December 31, 2017.
Swamy Vs Centre?
This is not the first time when Swamy had taken a stand against the Centre, even as the latter is pushing hard to make it compulsory for all schemes and services. Recently, Swamy had warned that the economy was headed towards a slowdown. Swamy’s claim led to a flurry of similar claims by several politicians and experts.
