US EditionTamil Nadu's Fight for Voting Rights: All-Party Meet to Safeguard Democracy
Stalin accuses BJP and Election Commission of targeting working class, Scheduled Castes, minorities, and women in voter roll revisions, citing 65 lakh disenfranchised in Bihar.
- On Tuesday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin accused the BJP of plotting to disenfranchise lakhs of voters via the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision and invited all parties to a Chennai meeting on November 2.
- Stalin warned that the SIR was being run `in a hasty and opaque manner` during monsoon months, alleging the EC aimed to rob citizens and help the BJP, citing Bihar where 65 lakh voters were deprived.
- At a training programme in Mamallapuram, Stalin alleged the BJP and AIADMK aim to `win by deletion`, targeting working-class voters, Scheduled Castes, minorities, and women, while a joint DMK-allies statement called the EC `suspicious and whimsical`, and Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik called a meeting Wednesday.
- Stalin urged Opposition parties to unite and resist what he called an impending man-made calamity, posting on X to fight against any attempt to murder democracy.
- Pointing to state resilience, Stalin highlighted that his government neutralised three natural disasters since 2021 without Central assistance, despite the BJP-AIADMK combine refusing to release ₹37,000 crore.
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All-party meet on SIR aimed at 'safeguarding democracy', all parties should join: Stalin
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T.N. CM Stalin appeals to all parties to show solidarity by attending November 2 meeting against SIR
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Tamil Nadu's Fight for Voting Rights: All-Party Meet to Safeguard Democracy
Tamil Nadu's Fight for Voting Rights: All-Party Meet to Safeguard Democracy In a bid to protect democracy, Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister M K Stalin has called for an all-party meeting on November 2 to discuss the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The ruling DMK, supported by its allies, strongly opposes the SIR implementation, scheduled to start next month as per the Election Commission's announcement. Chief Minister Stalin has a…
BJP trying to ‘win by deletion’: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin slams SIR, calls all-party meeting
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MK Stalin Trains DMK Cadre to 'Protect Voters' Amid SIR, Says Future At Stake
A day after the Election Commission announced the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 more states, including poll-bound Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin on Tuesday led a workshop in Chennai to train cadres.
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