‘Schemes now to be determined by Voter ID, not Aadhaar’: Rahul alleges BJP conspiracy

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Centre over Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh's announcement that voter ID cards would be used instead of Aadhaar to identify beneficiaries of social welfare programmes under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.Calling the move a "conspiracy", the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha alleged that linking welfare benefits to voter IDs could put people's access to government schemes at risk.In a post on X, Rahul claimed that the announcement was part of a wider attempt to remove names from electoral rolls through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). He alleged that millions of names were being deleted under the exercise and that those most critical of the BJP were being targeted."Modi government minister's announcement - Benefits of schemes will now be determined not by Aadhaar, but by Voter ID.