Anju Bobby George has rejected allegations of electoral irregularities raised by IOA President P.T. Usha over the Sports Persons of Outstanding Merit (SOM) category election. Responding to Usha's demand for an IOC inquiry, Anju said allegations must be backed by evidence and asserted that victory and defeat are part of the democratic process.
The ECI said that duplicate EPIC numbers resulted from an outdated manual system used before the introduction of the ERONET platform, leading to the same alphanumeric series being assigned to different voters in separate States
