EC online portal designed to centralise voter deletions from BJP headquarters, Congress alleges

What happened: The Congress alleged the Election Commission's online voter services portal was designed to centralise deletions and additions from BJP headquarters, after a security researcher flagged vulnerabilities in the site and ECINET app. Key numbers: Researcher emailed CERT-In on July 8; CERT-In replied nearly three months later. Why it matters: The allegations come amid protests over the special intensive revision, with demonstrations calling for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign. Tribunal judges said ECINET problems were delaying appeal cases.

The Congress alleged the Election Commission's online voter services portal was designed to centralise deletions and additions from BJP headquarters, after a security researcher flagged vulnerabilities in the site and ECINET app.

The allegations come amid protests over the special intensive revision, with demonstrations calling for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign. Tribunal judges said ECINET problems were delaying appeal cases.