Kerala’s Left Democratic Front (LDF) government has made Aadhaar-based attendance mandatory for all government offices in the state, contradicting the stand of Left parties countrywide on the biometric identification project.
Leaders of Left parties in India, especially those from Kerala, have made some of the most fervent speeches against Aadhaar in public meetings and in Parliament.
All government offices are to install Aadhaar-based biometric attendance systems within six months, according to the 6 May order. As such, 560,000 officials, from those in the secretariat to government school staff, will need an Aadhaar number to draw their salaries.