EC Has Not Shared Any Electoral Roll Data with NATGRID: Govt Tells Lok Sabha

New Delhi: The Election Commission has not shared any electoral roll data with the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Responding to a question on whether the Election Commission (EC) has shared electoral rolls data along with photos with agencies under the Ministry of Home Affairs, such as NATGRID, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad replied in the negative. “The commission has stated that it has not shared any electoral roll data with NATGRID,” the minister said in a written reply. He also said that the poll panel has informed that electoral roll data base is shared with departments of the central government or state governments as and when requests are received from them for specific purposes.