Aadhaar Card Has Nothing to do With Citizenship, Authorities Say After Issuing Notices to 127 in Hyderabad

New Delhi: Offering a clarification as to why 127 people in Hyderabad were sent notices, the UIDAI authorities said that it had nothing to do with citizenship.

“Aadhaar is not a citizenship document. There are news items in certain section of media regarding UIDAI issuing notices of inquiry to some residents for obtaining Aadhaar on false pretence on the complaints from the State Police which suspect them of being illegal immigrants. UIDAI clarifies that these reports are not presented in correct perspective and Aadhaar has got nothing to do with the citizenship issue as such,” it said in a statement.

The 127 people were initially asked to appear before the UIDAI deputy director in Hyderabad for a personal hearing on February 20. Additional time has been given to allow them to collect the requisite documents. But UIDAI has postponed the hearing to May 2020 as it might take them some more time to collect their original documents, it said.