I think even those who are not worried about their next meal are not going to protest this. India has seen so many terror attacks labeled as intelligence failure that any move to beef up the intelligence infrastructure may even be welcomed. The sad thing is that the probability of this data being misused for political reasons is so much higher in India than in the USA.
In India corruption runs through all levels of government. This is a fact. So, yes, misuse is much more likely.
I understand that you may have wanted to express that it's less likely that the data is abused for political reasons _by the government_ to further certain political goals. This may be true, I don't know.
