Highlighting a major discrepancy, Saket Gokhale said UIDAI’s recent sharing of 30–32 lakh “dead” Aadhaar numbers with the ECI is impossible to verify because UIDAI itself admitted in Parliament that it does not track where or why Aadhaar numbers are deactivated.
BY PC BUreau
November 20, 2025: Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale has levelled serious allegations against the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), accusing them of collaborating with the Narendra Modi–led Central government to enable what he called “large-scale vote chori” ahead of critical electoral cycles.
Gokhale’s allegations come after reports that UIDAI has shared 30–32 lakh “deactivated” Aadhaar numbers with the ECI, with the claim that these numbers belong to deceased individuals. Gokhale, however, termed this explanation “suspicious and contradictory.”
According to him, UIDAI had previously informed both him and Parliament that it does not maintain state-wise or reason-wise data on Aadhaar deactivation.
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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.
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“In a letter sent to me last year, UIDAI clearly stated that it does not keep records of which states the deactivated Aadhaar numbers belong to, nor the reasons for their deactivation,” Gokhale said. “The same was reiterated on the floor of Parliament.”
He questioned how, despite these earlier statements, the UIDAI was now asserting that 30–32 lakh deactivated Aadhaar numbers specifically in West Bengal belonged to deceased individuals.
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“If UIDAI does not maintain state-wise data, how did it suddenly discover that these Aadhaar numbers are concentrated in Bengal?” Gokhale asked. “If it does not maintain reason-wise data, how is it certifying that the Aadhaar holders are dead?”
Calling the situation a “brazen misuse of institutional machinery,” Gokhale alleged that the sudden surge in deactivated Aadhaar entries being linked to voters in West Bengal was part of a coordinated effort to remove legitimate voters under the guise of the State-wide Intensive Revisions (SIR).
“This is yet another example of the ECI working hand-in-glove with the BJP,” he said. “Modi government’s UIDAI must come clean—did they lie in Parliament earlier, or are they lying now just to help the ECI execute mass voter deletions?”
The MP demanded an immediate clarification from UIDAI and a transparent audit of the data being shared with the Election Commission, warning that such discrepancies could compromise electoral integrity.
