Even without sharing Aadhaar, its link can be inferred if a voter ID—already linked to Aadhaar—is used for an application, he added. According to Srikanth, the idea of linking Aadhaar for "purification" of voter data is not inherently necessary, as the presence of a name on the voter roll is what truly matters. “If voter IDs are commonly used to obtain Aadhaar, then a fraudster with a fake voter ID likely secured a fake Aadhaar as well,” he explained.