AGRA, July 6 -- As opposition parties continue to raise concerns over the Special Intensive Revision, 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.

He also said the work for the Special Intensive Revision was going on with full transparency in Bihar. Replying to queries from reporters in Firozabad, where he came to attend a private event, Kumar said: "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 although general revisions were undertaken. This is supposed to be a general practice."

"Previously i...