AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 8966 - Associate of Bangladeshi Terror Operative Held in City

In 2009, I became extremely concerned with the concept of Unique Identity for various reasons. Connected with many like minded highly educated people who were all concerned.

On 18th May 2010, I started this Blog to capture anything and everything I came across on the topic. This blog with its million hits is a testament to my concerns about loss of privacy and fear of the ID being misused and possible Criminal activities it could lead to.

In 2017 the Supreme Court of India gave its verdict after one of the longest hearings on any issue. I did my bit and appealed to the Supreme Court Judges too through an On Line Petition.

In 2019 the Aadhaar Legislation has been revised and passed by the two houses of the Parliament of India making it Legal. I am no Legal Eagle so my Opinion carries no weight except with people opposed to the very concept.

In 2019, this Blog now just captures on a Daily Basis list of Articles Published on anything to do with Aadhaar as obtained from Daily Google Searches and nothing more. Cannot burn the midnight candle any longer.

"In Matters of Conscience, the Law of Majority has no place"- Mahatma Gandhi

Ram Krishnaswamy

Sydney, Australia.

Aadhaar

The UIDAI has taken two successive governments in India and the entire world for a ride. It identifies nothing. It is not unique. The entire UID data has never been verified and audited. The UID cannot be used for governance, financial databases or anything. It’s use is the biggest threat to national security since independence. – Anupam Saraph 2018

When I opposed Aadhaar in 2010 , I was called a BJP stooge. In 2016 I am still opposing Aadhaar for the same reasons and I am told I am a Congress die hard. No one wants to see why I oppose Aadhaar as it is too difficult. Plus Aadhaar is FREE so why not get one ? Ram Krishnaswamy

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.-Mahatma Gandhi

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.Mahatma Gandhi

“The invasion of privacy is of no consequence because privacy is not a fundamental right and has no meaning under Article 21. The right to privacy is not a guaranteed under the constitution, because privacy is not a fundamental right.” Article 21 of the Indian constitution refers to the right to life and liberty -Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi

“There is merit in the complaints. You are unwittingly allowing snooping, harassment and commercial exploitation. The information about an individual obtained by the UIDAI while issuing an Aadhaar card shall not be used for any other purpose, save as above, except as may be directed by a court for the purpose of criminal investigation.”-A three judge bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar said in an interim order.

Legal scholar Usha Ramanathan describes UID as an inverse of sunshine laws like the Right to Information. While the RTI makes the state transparent to the citizen, the UID does the inverse: it makes the citizen transparent to the state, she says.

Good idea gone bad
I have written earlier that UID/Aadhaar was a poorly designed, unreliable and expensive solution to the really good idea of providing national identification for over a billion Indians. My petition contends that UID in its current form violates the right to privacy of a citizen, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. This is because sensitive biometric and demographic information of citizens are with enrolment agencies, registrars and sub-registrars who have no legal liability for any misuse of this data. This petition has opened up the larger discussion on privacy rights for Indians. The current Article 21 interpretation by the Supreme Court was done decades ago, before the advent of internet and today’s technology and all the new privacy challenges that have arisen as a consequence.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP Rajya Sabha

“What is Aadhaar? There is enormous confusion. That Aadhaar will identify people who are entitled for subsidy. No. Aadhaar doesn’t determine who is eligible and who isn’t,” Jairam Ramesh

But Aadhaar has been mythologised during the previous government by its creators into some technology super force that will transform governance in a miraculous manner. I even read an article recently that compared Aadhaar to some revolution and quoted a 1930s historian, Will Durant.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Rajya Sabha MP

“I know you will say that it is not mandatory. But, it is compulsorily mandatorily voluntary,” Jairam Ramesh, Rajya Saba April 2017.

August 24, 2017: The nine-judge Constitution Bench rules that right to privacy is “intrinsic to life and liberty”and is inherently protected under the various fundamental freedoms enshrined under Part III of the Indian Constitution

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the World; indeed it's the only thing that ever has"

“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” -Edward Snowden

In the Supreme Court, Meenakshi Arora, one of the senior counsel in the case, compared it to living under a general, perpetual, nation-wide criminal warrant.

Had never thought of it that way, but living in the Aadhaar universe is like living in a prison. All of us are treated like criminals with barely any rights or recourse and gatekeepers have absolute power on you and your life.

Announcing the launch of the # BreakAadhaarChainscampaign, culminating with events in multiple cities on 12th Jan. This is the last opportunity to make your voice heard before the Supreme Court hearings start on 17th Jan 2018. In collaboration with @no2uidand@rozi_roti.

UIDAI's security seems to be founded on four time tested pillars of security idiocy

1) Denial

2) Issue fiats and point finger

3) Shoot messenger

4) Bury head in sand.

God Save India

Thursday, October 22, 2015

8966 - Associate of Bangladeshi Terror Operative Held in City - New Indian Express

Associate of Bangladeshi Terror Operative Held in City

By Express News Service

Published: 17th October 2015 03:40 AM

HYDERABAD: A youth, who was planning to train Jihadis in Hyderabad was arrested by the special investigation team (SIT) sleuths when he visited Cherlapally Central prison to meet Mohammed Nasir, a member of the dreaded Bangladeshi terror outfit Harkat-ul-Jihadi Al-Islami (HUJI) Friday.

Nasir, a Bangladeshi migrant to Pakistan, was arrested along with five others by the city police for obtaining Aadhaar cards and passports by submitting fake ID proofs in August, this year.

After the arrest of four illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar along with two local brokers, the SIT had deputed a team to keep an eye on the persons coming to meet the accused during Mulaqats.

While the police were verifying the credentials of persons who visit the terror elements, they stumbled upon Alim Ul Islam Mandal, a native of Baltha village in Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal. He came to Charlapally prison to meet Mohammed Nasir, the key accused , who is a relative of Abdul Jabbar, the leader of HUJI.

Additional commissioner of police (ACP), Crimes, Swati Lakra said that Alim Ul Isalm, the Bengal man who was detained when he came to Cherlapally Central prison to meet Mohammad Nasir was planning to impart training to Jihadis.

“Mohammad Nasir and Alim Ul Islam Mandal worked together in a factory at Panipat and they along with others decided to start a madrasa to impart training for Jihadis. During interrogation, Nasir admitted that he along with Alim Ul Islam Mandal and another person had conspired to establish a madrasa to impart Jihadi training. Alim Ul Islam came to the city to meet Nasir to chart out their plans,” he said.

On August 14, four persons including Mohammed Nasir, a Bangladeshi migrant to Pakistan, suspected to be having close links with banned terror outfit HUJI, were arrested by the city police. Mohammed Nasir, Joynal Abedin and Faizal Mohamoud, all from Bangladesh and one Zia Ur Rahman of Myanmar were arrested. Later, two more agents were nabbed for helping the accused to obtain passports, voter ID card and Aadhaar card using fake address. Some police constables attached to the Special Branch were also suspended by the Hyderabad police for issuing passports to the accused.

Mohammed Nasir, the key accused, is a relative of Abdul Jabbar, leader of HUJI. He had been living in India illegally since 2010 and in Hyderabad since March 2015. According to investigators, it was Abdul Jabbar who indoctrinated Nasir with Jihadi ideology and sent him to India.

Nasir, along with his wife, stayed at Jalpally in Cyberabad. During his stay in the city, he received several illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar, and arranged for their stay at Masood’s residence as tenants. Showing Masood’s address, passports and other ID cards he arranged Aadhaar cards and other documents for the illegal immigrants.