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What a shameful sorry mess govts since 1947 have created for every citizen of this country. As per the Article 5 I am a citizen of India. But that’s my claim. The govt has ensured that I have no evidence to prove that I am a CITIZEN OF INDIA or BHARAT. I am one of the 1.4 billion Aadhar card holders, 96.8 crore VOTER ID card holders, 78.4 crore Individual PAN Card holders and 9.5 crore passport holders. Through these and more I can only prove my identity and address not citizenship. Shocking. After every govt since my birth has forced me to grapple with a corrupt, tedious and incompetent system to acquire cards of different kinds or the way the current regime has tied my identity in a crippling tangle with various cards issued by a slew of its departments. 1) Ministry of External Affairs says-my PASSPORT is not proof of my citizenship. It’s a mere identity document. Next time what if an immigration officer at an US or European airport after checking my passport can say- this proves your identity and address but not your citizenship. 2) In recent times the Election Commission has categorically laid down that the AADHAR is not proof of citizenship. So the Aadhar linked VOTER ID Card is not a citizenship proof 3) courts and govt depts have laid down that the PAN is not a citizenship proof. 4) naturally the UAN card, the NPS card, the DRIVING licence are not evidence of my citizenship. Now as a citizen I am duty bound to A) pay taxes. Via the PAN Card B) the PAN is linked to the ADHAR CARD C) my bank accounts, investments, superannuation benefits all are linked to my PAN and AADHAR. D) I can’t get a mobile SIM card without the AADHAR CARD. My biometrics- finger prints, iris and facial photograph are in its system. For security govt wants me to keep the biometrics locked. But if the sim is lost. Biometrics can’t be opened. New SIM will not be issued. E) SC ruled that AADHAR is mandatory only for those benefiting from govt schemes. But in a complete defiance the govt made it mandatory for every authentication. F) So rampant is the demand for Aadhar that even private insitutiitions and entities like hotels seek Aadhar for identity. Worse banks and other institutions seek Aadhar based KYC every two to three years. G) then there are more cards : Ayushman Bharat card Ayushman Vay Vandana card Eshram card Ration cards APAAR (Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry) ID: A lifelong digital identity card for students Divyang Card (UDID) Kisan Credit Card / Digital Kisan ID Senior Citizen Card Freedom Fighter Card Imagine the huge sarkari machinery created just to create cards for various categories of Indian citizen. Crores of tax payers money spent to create mere “proof of identity” While just one CITIZENSHIP CARD with a RF chip carrying details of all these “proof of identity” could have done the trick. People could have escaped the red tape and extortion. But that is never the intention of the govts and the bureaucracy. They thrive by making CITIZEN pass through a hurdle race with pits of snakes and spikes. #Passport #AADHAR #PAN