Jammu Tawi, March 2 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) responded to claims flagging the issuance of identical voter card numbers on Sunday, stating that the duplication of the voter card numbers did not necessarily mean that there were fake voters, reported news agency.



The issue of fake voters had been flagged during elections in two different states, however the poll panel explained that identical EPIC numbers or series were allotted to some electors due to a "decentralised and manual mechanism" being followed before the electoral roll database of all states was shifted to the ERONET platform.

They also clarified that though the EPIC numbers of some voters "may be identical", their demographic details, assembly constituency...