Aadhaar notices not related to citizenship issue: UIDAI

A day after reports on Aadhaar officials asking for documents from 127 people in Hyderabad creating flutter, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has said that Aadhaar has got nothing to do with citizenship.

Stating that the Supreme Court has asked the government not to assign Aadhaar numbers to illegal immigrants, the UIDAI said it issued the notices after the local police pointed out that they were illegal immigrants and that they were ineligible to obtain Aadhaar number.

In a series of tweets, the UIDAI said that Aadhaar numbers can be cancelled if discrepancies were found.

These 127 people were asked to depose before the officials on February 20 and provide relevant documents to substantiate their claims. It, however, has been deferred to May, 2020.