N.K. Premchandran stated that in the morning he opposed introduction on constitutional grounds, now he is opposing it on procedural grounds for passage. MPs are not even getting a chance to propose amendments. “What is parliamentary democracy? What is the use of debate” 8/n
E. T. Mohammed Basheer states that he opposes the Aadhaar-Voter ID linkage bill… focuses on the procedure, “that this is a shame… it is not had in the history of legislature…”. 9/n
Kiren Rijiju responds that he desired calm discussion on this important Bill but opposition has responded by creating a ruckus. The Bill is important for electoral reforms and refuses reference to parliamentary committee stating such examination has already been done. 10/n
Kiren Rijiju is citing the findings of the Standing Committee on Law in support of his submission that the law is not of the Government’s own initiative. 11/n business-standard.com/article/pti-st…
Kiren Rijiju continues response on the objections premises on the fundamental right to privacy judgement. Now reading the Puttaswamy judgement stating that legality, necessity and proportionality is justified. 12/n
Voting now proceeding as directed by the Chair by Dr. Kirit Prejibhai Solanki. Notes that the Election Law (Amendment) Bill, 2021 has been passed by voice vote. 13/n
TBC : The Election Law (Amendment) Bill, 2021 has been passed in the Lok Sabha on the same day it was introduced. All eyes now on the Rajya Sabha. We must remain vigilant. 14/14
Who ensures the security of government websites?
As per @NICMeity, it does not maintain any information on websites developed by it or other vendors, nor does it document security audits (see attached picture). 1/5
It is worrisome that @NICMeity has stated that the security of government websites is tasked with the departments or ministries, even though security is a listed service. Here capacity for cyber security may not exist independently. 2/5
This disclosure comes after increasing incidents of vulnerabilities being discovered in official websites. For instance, a cybersec researcher discovered a vulnerability in the National Voter's Services Portal. 3/5
Discussion has started on the Election Law (Amendment) Bill, 2021 for passage. It is being introduced by Minister of Law and Justice, Kiren Rijiju. 2/n
Nishikant Dubey speaking in support of the linking and the amendment bill. He is arguing that all opposition parties are against the amendment bill due to their reliance on fake and bogus voters (“bangladeshis"). 3/n
Minister of Law and Justice, Kiren Rijiju introduced the Election Law (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and the Representation of the People Act, 1951. 1/n
Leader of Congress party in Loksabha @adhirrcinc opposes introduction. States that it should be referred to Standing Committee and Aadhaar-Election ID link will cause mass disenfranchisement. 2/n
Aadhaar-Voter Linking: “Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021” will be introduced tomorrow in Lok Sabha for Aadhaar-Voter Linking. It violates our right to privacy by enabling voter profiling & linkage of data sets. Statement led by @no2uid on concerns. 1/n rethinkaadhaar.in/blog/voteridaa…
@no2uid Madras HC has expressed alarm on voter profiling & targeting by political parties through Aadhaar. “[I]t is also evident that personal details of voters and citizens may have been obtained by such political party and put to use for campaign purposes.” 2/n
@no2uid Expert opinion by @JagdeepChhokar shows the danger of Aadhaar-Voter ID linkage. “Election Commission, in collaboration with the Law Ministry seems to be trying to circumvent the Supreme Court’s directions, which is inappropriate and not acceptable.” 3/n
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