Yadav: ECI may please tell me what was special about 2003. We start not with 7.96, but with 8.18 crores. Step 1 is what is the current adult population of Bihar - it's 8.18 crores (GoI statistic). this does not suffer from death/migration issue...it's census-based...electoral roll of Bihar had 7.9 crores...so there was deficit of 29 lakhs to begin with. There would be deletions/mistakes...but it's EC's duty and right to correct...it's the first exercise in the history of India where revision has taken place with 0 addition! Every single revision has involved some addition.

J Kant: Suppose there are some bogus voters, can't IR/SIR be for their deletion? Duty should be both sides.