Draft electoral rolls across multiple states show substantial voter exclusions, sparking debate over whether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is a routine cleanup or mass voter exclusion. Former Chief Election Commissioner Dr S.Y. Quraishi and former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa analyse the sharp drop in registered electors in Delhi and Maharashtra. Ashok Lavasa observes that ‘the data which has come out so far does include an extraordinary number of deletions’ and questions the rationale behind disenfranchising citizens unable to link their names with 2002 electoral rolls. Dr S.Y. Quraishi questions the foundational premise of discarding past rolls, arguing that if previous rolls were flawed, past elections would stand compromised. Both former commissioners highlight the critical need for transparent procedural safeguards, individual notices, and due process before deleting eligible voters from electoral rolls.