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PUNE: Activists from Pune as well as across India have urged citizens to switch off their phones from 11am to 11.30am till December 11 to protest the forced linking of Aadhaar number with various services.

The protest, which started on November 11, has gathered steam Pune with many asserting their right to be forgotten by the Aadhaar database . Pune-based activist and international advisor on governance of complex systems Anupam Saraf said that the movement has been active in Pune with many citizens staging silent protest against Aaadhaar. “This movement is basically to protest Aadhaar linkage and we are doing it for 30 days initially and then we will decide on the next course of action,’’ stated Saraf. He believes that no one should be coerced into linking Aaadhaar number with various services and it is time that government does a rethink on the same.

