Political parties reiterate their opinion on SIR at meeting chaired by CEO

Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik connected Wednesday chaired a gathering of representatives of recognised governmental parties, successful which the parties expressed their sentiment connected the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls announced by the Election Commission.

While the ruling DMK questioned the timing of the exercise, the main Opposition party, the AIADMK, welcomed it. The Congress opposed the exercise, portion the BJP welcomed it. The Aam Aadmi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, CPI(M), National People’s Party, DMDK, CPI, Naam Tamilar Katchi, and VCK besides took part.

DMK person R.S. Bharathi termed the gathering a joke, contending that the electoral rolls had been frozen arsenic aboriginal arsenic connected October 27. Mr. Bharathi said his enactment was “not opposed to the revision”.

“When elections are owed successful Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry successful a fewer months, the Election Commission, with an ulterior motive, has made this announcement successful a hurry,” Mr. Bharathi said. Tamil Nadu would witnesser the Northeast monsoon successful November, helium said, adding that not galore radical would stay successful Chennai during the abrogation successful December-January.

“There is an ulterior motive. Just similar they stole voters successful Bihar, they are trying to bash it successful Tamil Nadu,” helium said. “We pointed retired each these issues. No 1 has whole-heartedly accepted SIR successful Tamil Nadu. That is the fact,” helium said. If the EC valued the sentiment of governmental parties, it should postpone SIR, helium added

.AIADMK person D. Jayakumar said his enactment welcomed SIR, adding that the timeframe should beryllium extended. When asked if his enactment would be the gathering connected SIR called by DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, helium said the enactment enactment would decide.

SIR is simply a bully inaugural arsenic it would region dormant electors and those who person moved retired of their constituencies, Mr. Jayakumar said. He listed respective instances wherever dormant entries were removed from the electoral rolls owed to the initiatives taken by his party.

Congress person K.V. Thangkabalu reiterated his party’s absorption to SIR, and questioned the urgency successful conducting the workout successful States that were owed to spell to the polls successful a fewer months. Recalling the presumption of Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected the issue, Mr. Thangkabalu said the party’s representatives voiced its concerns during the meeting.

“An workout expected to person been conducted implicit a twelvemonth is being planned implicit a fewer months,” helium said. Tamil Nadu mostly receives rainfall betwixt November and January, helium said, and expressed doubts implicit the information of the nationalist successful the exercise. “If needed, postpone this workout until aft the elections,” helium said.

BJP functionary Karu. Nagarajan said that if SIR is successful, the State would get genuine electoral rolls that would not person dormant persons oregon those who person migrated retired of a constituency.

“This is simply a reform. SIR has been conducted 8 times successful the country. This is simply a bully accidental for the radical of Tamil Nadu,” Mr. Nagarajan said, and called for practice from the public. “Even immoderate of the large parties that opposed said they did not reason but sought much time,” helium said.