ECINET was designed to centralise voter additions, deletions from BJP HQ: Congress

The Congress on Thursday stepped up its attack on the Election Commission over alleged flaws in its ECINET application, alleging that the platform was designed to centralise voter deletions and additions from the BJP headquarters in New Delhi. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared on X a media report quoting a security researcher who claimed to have alerted the Election Commission of India (ECI) and cyber-security agency CERT-In in July about flaws in the Commission’s voter-services website and ECINET app. Ramesh said the researcher had flagged several concerns on July 8, 2026, but received an acknowledgement from the ECI only on October 6, amid mounting criticism of the poll panel."

It is becoming abundantly clear that ECINET was designed to centralise all deletionsadditions from BJP HQs in New Delhi," Ramesh alleged. He also claimed the researcher was the same person who had earlier exposed flaws in the CBSE’s IT system, saying, "It is now the turn of Pradhan Mantri." The Congress leader’s remarks come amid a wider row over alleged differences within the Election Commission. The Indian Express reported that election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had objected on record at least 14 times over the past 10 months to decisions and orders, mostly related to the Special Intensive Revision process. The Election Commission, facing questions over the objections, has maintained that differing views and observations are part of institutional deliberations and that its orders have full legal sanction and follow established statutory procedures.- Ends