#PressRelease 18 Feb 2020 Aadhaar is not a citizenship document 1/n

There are news items in certain section of media regarding UIDAI issuing notices of inquiry to some residents for obtaining Aadhaar on false pretence on the complaints from the State Police which suspect them of being illegal immigrants. 2/n

UIDAI clarifies that these reports are not presented in correct perspective and Aadhaar has got nothing to do with the citizenship issue as such. 3/n

Aadhaar is not a document of citizenship and UIDAI has been mandated under the Aadhaar Act to ascertain residency of a person in India for 182 days prior to applying for Aadhaar. 4/n

@UIDAI Cancelling AADHAR tantamounts to taking away peoples linked bank accounts , phone numbers etc. So it is equivalent to civil death of a person.

@UIDAI Then please explain what is the importance of Aadhar card in comparison to Voter card,Pan card, passport. What is your significance.

@UIDAI "as such". In what way, then, does Aaadhar have something to do with citizenship?