There are several active ways to push back. Pick one, or several.
Resist the Voter ID — Aadhaar linkage
The Election Commission’s plan to “link” the EPIC (voter ID) database to Aadhaar would embed a coercive biometric system into the foundations of voting. Rethink Aadhaar opposes this. Add your name.
→ Sign on to resist Voter ID — Aadhaar linkage
Join Beware of Aadhaar — Campaign 2025
A collective statement, endorsed by 50+ Indian organisations and many individual signatories, cautioning other countries against importing the Aadhaar model.
No Aadhaar for vaccination or essential medical services
A joint statement by Rethink Aadhaar, the Forum for Medical Ethics Society, the Internet Freedom Foundation, and Swathanthra Malayalam Computing — urging governments and administrative authorities to ensure that:
- The vaccination drive is inclusive, equitable, and accessible.
- The manacles of Aadhaar are not imposed as a condition for accessing critical healthcare.
- The vaccination programme is not used as a laboratory to test new technologies.
- Health data is not exploited under the pretences of the pandemic.
→ Read the full statement · Sign the joint statement
Add your voice to the “Opt-out from Aadhaar” campaign
A petition addressed to the Government of India (PMO), the UIDAI, and the Supreme Court. The text demands that the government stop asking citizens to link a single identity card to multiple services, and asks the only question that matters: which new service does the government need Aadhaar for that doesn’t already require another identity document?
We already have ration cards for rations, school certificates for schooling, driving licences for motor vehicles, passports for travel, PAN for taxes, and electoral cards for voting. Since there is no genuinely new service that Aadhaar uniquely enables, and because we do not want one ID card linked to multiple services, we wish to opt out of Aadhaar entirely.
→ Sign the opt-out petition
Launch a local campaign
Use the resources page — primers, government documents, case files, letter templates — to start a local conversation, run a workshop, or push a representative.
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