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TMC MP Mahua Moitra: Aadhar bill lacks transparency
Updated On: 04 July, 2019 04:26 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online desk
She said that Addhar was meant to provide services to the poor and was never meant to provide data

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New Delhi: Opposing the Aadhar Bill 2016 in Lok Sabha, TMC MP Mahua Moitra stated that the bill lacks transparency and violates Supreme Court judgment on Thursday. "How can I be debating the bill and be able to give assent for something I am not clear about and which is not transparent about, sir," she stated asking for more transparency in the measure during a debate on the bill.
Mahua Moitra, TMC in LS on Aadhaar&Other Laws (Amendment) Bill,'19: I'm giving up my bio-metric data, my most personal data to a pvt agency. If Aadhar ecosystem fails you're saying that there are viable means to recourse but I don't know what they are. They haven't been specified pic.twitter.com/4pLl3iIQaC
— ANI (@ANI) July 4, 2019
"This bill strikes at the very heart of the primacy of an individual, and privacy of an individual's data. This is what the Supreme Court in their judgement also tried to talk about. There are three very problematic clauses in this amended bill," added Mahua Moitra. She also stated that Addhar bill was meant to provide services to the poor and was never meant to provide data. "Aadhar has become a way to give information for Pvt entities, my bank who has contracted to me, my telecom provider who has no business getting my biometric information", stated the TMC MP.


