'Aadhar is a national security threat'

March 31, 2017 09:18

"The government that is talking all the time about national security and national interests should be concerned. When national interests are jeopardised by their own project, they should pause and listen.Whether it is the BJP or the Congress, they all want control over the people. They don't give a damn if anything happens to the people of the country; they are only interested in what they can get out of the data."

Dr Usha Ramanathan, an independent legal researcher, has been writing, campaigning and debating the social, legal and economic aspects of the Aadhar card project from 2009 onwards.

Dr Ramanathan, tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier why Aadhar is not going to help India or its people in any way, rather how it is a security threat. Read the full interview here.

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