India, Sept. 25 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) introduced a feature called 'Mark VIP' in the app used by booth level officers (BLOs) in the middle of the ongoing special intensive revision exercise (SIR) in 16 states and three Union territories, HT has found.

Officials at Delhi's chief electoral officer's (CEO's) office said that the app - named BLO App - was updated on July 30 with the new feature. "The CEO office cannot make any changes to the apps or the software. Orders come directly from the commission," said an official in the CEO's office who did not want to be named.

Records from the Apple Appstore showed that the update to the app was logged on July 31, with the descriptor "mark VIP elector related changes". No such ...