Congress promises to amend various laws, focus on privacy, individual freedom
The Indian National Congress (INC) said that it will review all laws and revoke the laws which are outdated, unjust or restrict the freedom of people.
- Apr 2, 2019,
- Updated Apr 8, 2019 5:15 PM IST
The Congress Party on Tuesday released its manifesto, here in Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. It stated in its manifesto that the party will pass a law on privacy and would restrict the use of Aadhar to the original purposes of the Aadhar Act. It further stated that it will protect the rights of every citizen especially students, journalists, artists, civil society activists and NGOs.
"Congress promises to amend the Aadhaar Act, 2016 in order to restrict the use of Aadhaar to subsidies, benefits and services provided by the government as was originally intended under the law. Congress also promises that, having regard to the inherent limitations of biometric identification, alternate instruments of identification will be allowed under the law," the manifesto said.
The Indian National Congress (INC) said that it will review all laws and revoke the laws which are outdated, unjust or restrict the freedom of people. The party promised to decriminalise all those laws that are essentially directed against civil violations and can be subjected to civil penalties.
The manifesto added that the political party would omit Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and make
The Congress Party on Tuesday released its manifesto, here in Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. It stated in its manifesto that the party will pass a law on privacy and would restrict the use of Aadhar to the original purposes of the Aadhar Act. It further stated that it will protect the rights of every citizen especially students, journalists, artists, civil society activists and NGOs.
"Congress promises to amend the Aadhaar Act, 2016 in order to restrict the use of Aadhaar to subsidies, benefits and services provided by the government as was originally intended under the law. Congress also promises that, having regard to the inherent limitations of biometric identification, alternate instruments of identification will be allowed under the law," the manifesto said.
The Indian National Congress (INC) said that it will review all laws and revoke the laws which are outdated, unjust or restrict the freedom of people. The party promised to decriminalise all those laws that are essentially directed against civil violations and can be subjected to civil penalties.
The manifesto added that the political party would omit Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and make