Former Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat has raised concerns regarding the integrity of the electoral roll process, specifically citing the impact of Systematic Inclusion/Revision (SIR) procedures. According to Rawat, the current administrative handling of electoral rolls has resulted in an unprecedented number of eligible citizens being disenfranchised.

While the report highlights the scale of the issue, it does not detail the specific technical or administrative failures that led to these exclusions. The statement serves as a critique of current electoral management, suggesting that the systems intended to maintain accurate voter lists are instead preventing qualified individuals from exercising their democratic right to vote. There is no mention of a rebuttal from current election officials or a breakdown of the specific regions most affected by these exclusions. The core of the issue rests on the tension between maintaining clean voter rolls and ensuring that no eligible voter is accidentally removed or blocked from the process.