The Aadhaar boomerang: How the emerging regime could hurt the BJP govt

With the BJP being in power both in Centre and most of the states, who do you think will face the voter's ire if Aadhaar-linked subsidies don't reach the beneficiaries?

After several nerve-racking months of delay, a five-judge Supreme Court Bench delivered an interim order on the Aadhaar issue. Of course, this is not the final word. That is expected only later in the year. Yet, the interim order can describe the current state of play. The order is so intriguing that even days after the interim ruling, neither party — those who oppose the very idea of Aadhaar as well as those defending its universal usage — is sure whether it is winning or losing the debate.
 
That’s because the SC has, for the most part, made a