The Election Commission of India (ECI), according to an Economic Times report, is planning to seek the legal route to resume linking voter IDs with citizens’ Aadhaar numbers.

The ECI is likely to propose amendments to the Representation of People Act, 1951 to enable the linking. This comes despite a Supreme Court order in August 2015 asking the ECI to stop their program of linking because of serious privacy concerns. On 26 September 2018, the SC verdict on Aadhaar declared that it cannot be made mandatory for any service except for availing of state subsides and welfare.