New Delhi: The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which aims at giving effect to the long pending electoral reforms including linking Aadhar with the Voter ID card was passsed in the Lok Sabha amid din on Monday despite receiving severe opposition from the opposition members. 

The Bill was passed through a voice vote while several Opposition members, standing in the well of the House, were sloganeering. The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha in the morning. At the time of the introduction of the Bill, the opposition members spoke against the Bill.

According to the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Bill, it provides for amendment of section 23 of the RP Act, 1950, enabling for the linking of electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem to curb the menace of multiple enrolment of the same person in different places.