Firozabad, July 5 -- As opposition parties continue to raise concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which is to be carried out in Bihar, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday said it is a general practice to update the voter list before every election as a part of the law.

CEC Kumar said opposition parties themselves in the past have complained about issues pertaining to the voter list.

"As part of the law, before every election, the voter list needs to be updated. A detailed investigation of the voter list and all voter details was not conducted after January 1, 2003. This is supposed to be a general practice," he said.

"Nearly every political party complained about issues in the authenticity of the voter ...