Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale on Thursday (November 20, 2025) questioned how the UIDAI shared a list of 'deactivated' Aadhaar numbers from West Bengal with the Election Commission of India, and said they had previously claimed that such lists are not maintained.
In a post on X, Mr. Gokhale, a Rajya Sabha MP from Trinamool Congress, alleged that the ECI is "collaborating with Modi government's UIDAI for vote chori".
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"A few days ago, it was reported that UIDAI (which issues Aadhaar) has shared 30-32 lakh deactivated Aadhaar numbers with ECI. UIDAI claims these Aadhaar numbers belong to dead people," Mr. Gokhale said.
"Now, here's the scam... Last year, UIDAI sent me a letter regarding deactivated Aadhaar. In that letter, it said: 'UIDAI does not maintain state-wise and reason-wise details for deactivated Aadhaar numbers'," Mr. Gokhale said.
