Have stopped ‘conspiracy’ behind Aadhaar card deactivation: Mamata

Addressing a programme organised on the occasion International Mother Language Day in Kolkata, she claimed that Aadhaar cards of the people belonging to the Matua community were deactivated. 

PTI, Kolkata, Feb 21, 2024 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that deactivating Aadhaar cards is a political game and asserted that her government has stopped that “conspiracy” of the central government. 

Addressing a programme organised on the occasion International Mother Language Day in Kolkata, she claimed that Aadhaar cards of the people belonging to the Matua community were deactivated. 

 “Deactivating Aadhaar cards was a political game, a vote bank game. We have stopped the conspiracy behind Aadhaar card deactivation,” Banerjee said. 

Earlier this week, she announced plans to provide alternative identification cards to the affected people. Mamata claimed that Aadhaar cards of the people belonging to the Matua community were deactivated. 

The Chief Minister also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the "sudden deactivation" of Aadhaar cards of people in her state, "especially those "belonging to the SC, ST and OBC communities. She also asserted that such a "deactivation" exercise was against regulations and in gross violation of natural justice.

"I wish to bring to your kind notice a sudden development of the serious nature of indiscriminate deactivation of Aadhaar Cards of the people, especially those belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and OBC communities in West Bengal, "the Chief Minister said in her letter to the Prime Minister. 

"I would like to know the causes for such sudden deactivation of Aadhaar cards without assigning reasons. Is it to deprive beneficiaries of benefits or to create a panic situation among people before LS polls," she had stated.