Government drops ‘Aam Aadmi’ tagline from Aadhaar Card, makes it ‘Mera Aadhaar, Meri Pehchan’

Government drops ‘Aam Aadmi’ tagline from Aadhaar Card, makes it ‘Mera Aadhaar, Meri Pehchan’
  • Aadhar Card has been a continuous acrimonious debate since it was issued two years ago
  • Earlier its tagline was "Aam Aadmi ka Adhikar" but now it has been changed to "Mera Aadhaar, Meri Pehchan"
  • Delhi Spokesperson of BJP Ashwini Upadhyay filed a petition in front of Prime Minister to change the tagline

Aadhar Card has been a continuous acrimonious debate since it was issued two years ago. To spread the message that it is for all, Government of India has dropped 'Aam Aadmi' from its tagline and changed it to 'Mera Aadhaar, Meri Pehchan'.

The change in tagline was successful due to the efforts of Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi unit spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay and several others, who requested the government to drop the words. Even though the tagline was changed six months before, the Ministry of Communications and IT confirmed it on Tuesday, June 28.

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Aadhaar was created before AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) came into being. But, there was a debate to change the tagline since AAP was formed, which started when the previous government was in power.

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Delhi Spokesperson of BJP Ashwini Upadhyay. Image Source: ANI

Delhi Spokesperson of BJP Ashwini Upadhyay filed a petition in front of Prime Minister to change the tagline last year, on 19th September 2015. Earlier tagline means Aadhaar is a right of common man to which Upadhyay counteracted and said that Aadhaar is issued to everybody, whether he/she is a common man or not. Therefore, its tagline must be changed.

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In his petition, he mentioned, "AADHAR Card is right of every Indian whether he/she belongs to BPL, EWS, LIG, MIG, HIG category or elite class but contrary to it, it's written on the AADHAAR card that – "AADHAAR is right of common man", reported the Economic Times.

Although an internal source from UIDAI said that the discussion to change the tagline was started when Aam Aadmi Party was formed. The Aadhar Card was made before the AAP was formed.

-This report is compiled by a staff-writer at NewsGram.

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