Shillong, April 9: The activists of Awaken India Movement (AIM) on Wednesday staged a protest and served one-week ultimatum to the government against forced Aadhaar enrolment.
Police stopped protestors from taking out a rally towards the secretariat.
Suspended VPP MLA Adelbert Nongrum, who does not have Aadhaar, supported the protestors.
The members of AIM met the East Khasi Hills deputy commissioner RM Kurbah and submitted a memorandum.
However, government spokesperson and cabinet minister Ampareen Lyngdoh said Aadhaar linkage is beyond the government of Meghalaya.
“It is totally incorrect to blame the state government for Aadhaar linkage to several beneficiary oriented schemes”, she said.
Commenting on the protest staged by the All-India Movement, Meghalaya against the Aadhaar linkage, Lyngdoh said, “I have been briefed by the DC that there were some organizations that took a protest march against the Aadhaar linkage to several beneficiary oriented scheme.”
The minister said, “Firstly, it is incorrect to assign this problem to the MDA-I or MDA-2 or any political party. The Aadhaar was a concern that was addressed by a Bill of parliament and enacted in parliament and this Aadhaar linkage is something which is beyond just the government of Meghalaya.”
