Senior BJP leader V. Muraleedharan on Thursday (December 25, 2025) questioned the legal validity of the Kerala Cabinet's decision to introduce a permanent, photo-embedded nativity card, alleging that the move was unnecessary and "politically motivated".
Reacting to the in-principle approval given by the Cabinet on Wednesday (December 24), the former Union Minister said the authority to determine citizenship rests with the central government and asked why the State needed to introduce another identity document when Aadhaar already contains comprehensive personal details.
"There is a mystery behind this nativity card," the BJP leader said, adding that the move raised serious legal and constitutional questions.
He alleged that the decision was aimed at wasting public money and accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his colleagues of eyeing election-related funding through the project.
Mr. Muraleedharan said the Left government had a history of making announcements that placed a burden on the public exchequer without offering any real benefit to ordinary people.
