Computer assistants in U.P. ERO offices to lose ECINET login IDs after Pilibhit misuse claims
Opposition parties, including the Congress, had alleged that details of 13,150 registered voters were altered on the rolls in the Pilibhit Sadar Assembly seat
The Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh has ordered the deactivation of login IDs for all computer assistants operating on the ECINET Portal in Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) offices across the state. This decision follows complaints and information from Pilibhit district, where misuse of the login IDs has been alleged.
The ECINET portal is used for voter registration center operations by these assistants. Uttar Pradesh CEO Navdeep Rinwa has directed EROs to submit a compliance report on deactivating the IDs at the earliest, and the involved computer assistant in the Pilibhit case has been directed to terminate their services immediately. There are around 806 computer operators deployed in ERO offices in Uttar Pradesh, with each Assembly constituency having two computer assistants working as operators.
The company responsible for hiring these operators, KND Engineers and Consultants (India) Private Limited, is currently contracted but sources indicate that the employees are drawn from a pool of individuals who have been working as operators for eight to ten years.
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