Burqa not integral to Islam,says Election Commission

Recently a petition had been filed before the supreme court seeking ban on photographs of Muslim women on electoral rolls. The election commision in response had filed an affidavit that use of burqa could not be considered an integral part of Islam.The apex court bench agreed with the poll panel's concern and said that it was not possible to have electoral rolls without photographs since that would not make the elections free and fair.

Now the person (M. Ajmal Khan) who has filed such a petition is either extremely stupid or is trying to be exceedingly smart. I say stupid because he probably does not realize that doing such a thing will result in voter identity fraud. A photo identity would allow identification of voters and prevent bogus enrollment. And if there is  bogus enrollment then there will be a huge political hue and cry. And then there will be politically fueled riots and bandhs all of which will either result in death of innocent civilians or bringing the state machinery to a standstill.

Now I say the man is trying to be exceedingly smart because this sort of thing can lead to serious security loopholes. No offence to women,but women have been known to perform terrorist activities. If this petition is made into a law, then if there are terrorist attacks in the country the police would have a real tough time trying to find out the terrorists especially if they are Indian nationals.

So I am extremely happy that this petition has been denied by the Supreme Court.