Pune Assembly Elections: Voters Up In Arms After ID Proofs On DigiLocker App Rejected At Polling Centres|Anand Chaini
Voters throughout several ballot centres in Pune were up in arms after their identification evidence kept on the DigiLocker mobile application were declined.
Despite its main acknowledgment as a legitimate system for saving government-issued records, ballot authorities supposedly demanded physical duplicates of citizen IDs, leaving lots of citizens stranded or not able to cast their ballot.
Radha Deshmukh, a citizen, talking with the Free Press Journal, claimed, “In the morning, we went to vote at a polling centre in Pimple Nilakh. We do not have a physical copy of the Aadhar card. The security guards did not allow me to enter when I showed digital IDs saved on DigiLocker. In the absence of a hard copy of the Aadhar card, we were unable to cast our valuable vote. Authorities should clarify first. Moreover, what is the use of Digital India and DigiLocker if the documents are not accepted?”
Amit Salunke, an additional citizen from the Kasba Peth Assembly constituency revealed, “People have to go to work. It is not possible for everyone to leave their mobile phone at home and go to vote first and then go back home again to take their mobile phones and then go to work. At least the administration should make temporary stalls to keep the voters’ mobile phones. As only one voter goes inside at a time at the voting centres then there should not be any problem.”
Prajakta Pawar, a citizen from Wadgaon Sheri constituency, claimed, “My handbag was stolen last week, in which I lost all the documents including Voter ID, Aadhar card, PAN card, etc. I went to the voting centre as my documents were saved in DigiLocker, but authorities refused to accept them. I was not able to vote due to this.”
Meanwhile, Dr Suhas Diwase, Pune’s District Collector informed media that cellphones are restricted at electing centres throughout the area. Following the regulations, the records can not be approved as evidence of identification. Diwase claimed that throughout the Lok Sabha political election, they had actually notified individuals concerning this policy, which continues to be the exact same for this political election. Voters have actually been asked to lug physical duplicate of citizen ID evidence and various other pertinent records.
