MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has moved the Supreme Court against the proposed Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. A DMK release said party organizing secretary RS Bharathi has filed the petition in the court through party MP and senior advocate NR Elango. Stalin’s all-party meeting on SIR The meeting came a day after DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin called an all-party meeting and decided to move the apex court against the second phase of voter list revision in 12 states and union territories, including Tamil Nadu.
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With regard to the confusion and doubt in voter list revision, since our demand that these should be done with sufficient time and without any problem after the 2026 general elections has not been accepted by the ECI, we have passed a resolution in today’s all-party meeting to approach the Supreme Court. He expressed his gratitude to all the parties who participated in the all-party meeting and also urged the parties who did not participate in the meeting to discuss this step in their respective parties.
He said that I express my gratitude to the leaders of those 49 parties who participated in the all-party meeting and expressed their sentiments. I request all those who did not participate in this meeting, to discuss the all-party meeting in their parties and take initiative to protect democracy.