Shillong, July 25: The ongoing enrollment of citizens through Aadhar was halted by the influential pressure group of the state, the Khasi Students Union (KSU) on Thursday.
It may be mentioned here that the state government is implementing the Aadhar System in the state to enroll the citizens within this system.
Strongly against the decision of the government, the KSU closed down four ‘Aadhaar centres’ which were opened today at various places in the city.
Talking to media persons KSU president Daniel Khyriem stating the reason behind closing down of those centres said that there was no involvement made between the different stakeholders before opening the centre.
“In the past we had made several discussions with the state government and they assured that the plan will be halted,” Khyriem said adding “Our demand from the state government is to stop this biometric enrollment and implementation of Aadhaar. Amidst our focus on the need to have strong mechanisms to check influx, this enrolment will defeat the purpose of checking the menace of influx in the state.”
He also added that implementation of Aadhaar centres will only facilitate “outsiders” to strengthen their claim of being genuine residents of the state.
It was also learnt that the four centres which were closed down were at Pine Mount, St Edmunds, Oakland and State Central Library. (SP News)
