New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Amid the Indian Express report alleging administrative friction within the Election Commission, the Election Commission of India on Thursday said that ECINet is designed as a secure, decentralised digital platform operationalised under the provisions of the Representation of the People (RP) Act, 1950, and the Representation of the People (RP) Act, 1951.

The poll body added that, in strict adherence to electoral law, statutory duties on ECINet are executed purely by designated field officers-specifically Block Level Officers (BLOs), Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), District Election Officers (DEOs), and Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs)-authenticated strictly t...