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Friday, September 27, 2013

SNPP welcomes Supreme Court ruling against Aadhar Card

GANGTOK, 26 Sept: The Sikkim National People’s Party [SNPP] has welcomed the recent Supreme Court order stating that the Aadhar Card was not a mandatory document.
Addressing media persons at a press conference today, Delay Namgyal Barfungpa [chief coordinator, SNPP] said, “Now we hope that the state government departments and other central agencies will not ask for Aadhar Cards any more”.
Mr Barfungpa said that the SNPP has been against the implementation of the Aadhar Card in Sikkim since the very beginning as it is convinced that Aadhar dilutes the value of the Sikkim Subject Certificate.
“People did not believe us then, but now with the ruling of the Supreme Court on the issue, we hope that people will change their minds,” he said and added that Sikkim Subject Certificate was the mother of all documents for the Sikkimese people.
The SNPP has also opposed Aadhar cards as it threatens national security since illegal immigrants from other states along with illegal foreign nationals from surrounding countries have been issued these cards in Sikkim, adds a release issued by Mr. Barfungpa.
He informs that the SNPP meeting held today unanimously resolved to place three demands- that all Aadhar Cards issued in Sikkim till be cancelled with immediate effect as these have been issued without any verification of nationality of recipients and constitute a real and credible threat to National Security; condemned and accused the SDF government of “acting like a sycophant to New Delhi by implementing this initiative without any thought or care for Sikkimese rights and identity as defined by Sikkim Subject Certificate, and blindly going ahead to destroy the sanctity of this document”; and appealed to the people of Sikkim to stop giving any credence to the Aadhar Card and use only the Sikkim Subject Certificate whenever required.

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