A five-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress on Monday met the Election Commission (EC) urging the panel to ensure that thousands of persons in West Bengal, whose Aadhaar cards have been deactivated, should not be barred from casting their votes in the coming Lok Sabha polls. The EC assured the TMC leaders that voters will not be stopped from exercising their franchise.
The voters can cast their ballot showing their voter ID card or any of the other specified identity documents, the EC said. The TMC delegation comprising Rajya Sabha leader Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Dola Sen and Saket Gokhale, and Lok Sabha members Pratima Mondal and Sajda Ahmed met the Chief Election Commissioner and raised the issue of alleged Aadhaar deactivations.
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