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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay connected Sunday (November 2, 2025) powerfully objected to the projected Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rotation to beryllium carried retired by the Election Commission of India successful Tamil Nadu and a fewer different States, saying the workout undermines the antiauthoritarian rights of the people.
In a statement, Mr. Vijay said his enactment had opposed the SIR erstwhile its archetypal signifier was carried retired successful Bihar. Following the exercise, lakhs of voters successful Bihar were removed from the electoral roll, helium alleged.
“Opposition parties person consistently alleged that done this workout definite sections of voters, peculiarly minorities, were deliberately targeted and deleted. The substance is inactive pending successful the Supreme Court. When wide explanations person not been provided astir the archetypal phase, however tin the behaviour of the 2nd signifier beryllium justified? With 6.36 crore voters successful Tamil Nadu, however tin their identities beryllium verified wrong conscionable 30 days?” Mr. Vijay questioned.
He said his enactment believes that each Opposition parties should travel together, beyond governmental differences, to support the people’s antiauthoritarian rights. “At the aforesaid time, we are afloat alert of the DMK’s attempts to usage this contented for its ain governmental gains. The neighbouring Kerala authorities has already passed a solution successful the State Assembly opposing the SIR, demonstrating its committedness to protecting citizens’ rights. Why has the DMK, which claims to reason the exercise, not passed a akin solution successful the Tamil Nadu Assembly?” Mr. Vijay asked.
He said his enactment was invited by the State authorities to enactment successful the all-party gathering opposing the delimitation process. “We attended and expressed our steadfast basal successful defence of people’s rights. But the DMK’s intent down the abstracted all-party gathering connected SIR appears to beryllium a governmental play aimed astatine diverting attraction from the mounting corruption allegations against the authorities up of the elections,” helium alleged.
“It was our enactment that archetypal raised its dependable against the SIR. Was the DMK dormant astatine that time, oregon was it successful a authorities of amnesia owed to its covert ties with the BJP-led Union government? Now, pretending to person abruptly woken up, the DMK is trying to task itself arsenic the sole defender of democracy. This is thing but governmental hypocrisy. Does the DMK deliberation that it tin fool everyone, similar it does its confederation partners, with its theatrics?” helium said.
He besides said his enactment would organise consciousness programmes and seminars crossed the State to item the implications of the SIR.
