DMK and allies stage demonstration against SIR of electoral rolls in Coimbatore

The DMK and its confederation parties nether the INDIA bloc staged a objection astatine Sivananda Colony successful Coimbatore metropolis connected Tuesday (November 11, 2025) opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls undertaken by the Election Commission of India.

Leading the protest, erstwhile Minister V. Senthil Balaji said that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin was the archetypal to rise interest implicit the SIR exercise, which helium alleged was politically motivated. He said the BJP-led Union authorities was attempting to interfere with the antiauthoritarian process by utilizing the Election Commission arsenic a instrumentality to restrict the voting rights of citizens.

Mr. Balaji said the revision thrust was being carried retired successful haste and questioned the practicality of completing information postulation and verification for astir 7 crore voters successful Tamil Nadu wrong a month. “This hurried workout whitethorn pb to errors and omissions. In Bihar, astir 68 lakh names were deleted portion lone 21 lakh caller voters were added during a akin process, and nary due mentation was given,” helium said.

He further alleged that aft utilizing agencies specified arsenic the Income Tax Department, Enforcement Directorate, and CBI for governmental purposes, the BJP was present utilizing the Election Commission to summation an electoral advantage. He added that the DMK had approached the Supreme Court to halt the SIR process.

Criticising the AIADMK for supporting the revision, Mr. Balaji said the enactment was aligning with the BJP connected the contented and urged the nationalist to stay vigilant and guarantee their names were not removed from the rolls.

Mr. Balaji said the DMK would triumph each 10 constituencies successful Coimbatore successful the adjacent predetermination due to the fact that of its absorption connected development, payment measures, and infrastructure projects that person contributed to Coimbatore’s growth.

A ample fig of cadres raised slogans during the protest, expressing their opposition.