Following a news report about a new ‘e-sign’ feature rolled out by the Election Commission, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar introduced the measure for voter deletion only after the alleged “ vote theft ” in Karnataka’s Aland.

Earlier in the day, The Indian Express reported that the new feature on the ECINET portal and mobile application required those seeking to register as voters, or applying for deletion and corrections, to verify their identity using their Aadhaar-linked phone numbers.

Prior to this, applicants could submit forms on the Election Commission application and portal after linking a phone number with an existing Electors Photo Identity Card number, or EPIC number. No verification had to be done of whe

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