Flaying the Modi government’s strident move to get everything linked to this national identification number, Chidamabaram said the “government is completely deaf” to any reasoning against linking Aadhaar to everything under the sun.
If a young man and a young woman want to have a private holiday, they may not be married, what’s wrong with that? If a young man wants to buy condoms, why should he disclose his Aadhaar or identity?” the former finance minister quipped.
“Why should the state, that is the government, know what medicines I buy, what cinemas I visit, what hotels I stay in, who are my friends?” he asked further.
“If I am in the government, I should resist the temptation to know about all these activities which individual citizens do,” he said.
“The question is: there are many agencies which say, ‘give me your Aadhaar. And even crematorium is asking for Aadhaar today!,” Chidambaram said, clarifying that he doesn’t oppose Aadhaar as a means to establish identities and help extend government subsidies.
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