World's worst police state.

Indians do not realise the noose that is gradually and inexorably tightening round our necks. For decades since the mid 1960s, when India was threatened with famine, everyone possessed a Ration Card which bought you subsidised rice, flour and sugar and served as an all purpose identity card. From the rich industrialist to the poorest laborer everyone possessed a Ration Card which was used for identity and address proof for everything from registering a vehicle to getting a passport. Then the sly, slimy politicians introduced another card called the PAN or Permanent Account Number card for filing tax returns but promised that it would be voluntary. This has 5 upper case alphabets followed by 4 numbers and then one upper case alphabet. After a few years it was made compulsory with the excuse that this was to eliminate black money. You needed a PAN number to register your car or your property and to open a bank account or to invest in shares or mutual funds. However, this was not enough for the Congress which is friendly to terrorists and servile to Pakistan and China. They started another number, a 12 digit one with photographs, iris scans and prints of all 12 fingers, called Aadhar which was apparently to prevent pilferage from subsidised food grains and various social schemes supplied to the poor. As honest taxpayers we are not entitled to any help from the government even if we are unable to pay medical bills for a serious ailment or need help in old age so a lot of people chose to ignore it. No longer. We are now receiving letters from banks asking us to provide our Aadhar number so that we can receive help from the government. Why, when we do not get any help? After a while the letters will start to threaten us with cancellation of our accounts and loss of whatever money we have if we do not comply. Already it has been announced that all reservations for train seats will require an Aadhar number. That is still not enough for the Congress which wants to nail down every citizen in the country for whatever it may choose to do to us. There is now a National Population Registry Card which has similar biometric features like the Aadhar card but has a 27 digit, that's right, a 27 digit Taxpayer Identification Number. As always this is to help us take advantage of double taxation treaties with other countries. Since only politicians, their relatives and friends have money stashed abroad and we, the people, are struggling to survive with double digit inflation this is another nail in our freedom. Even China does not force so many identity cards. How long before they demand our DNA?