Drop SIR: Stalin to Centre
Tamil Nadu
chief minister
M K Stalin
has demanded that the Union govt drop the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, comparing the exercise to 'playing with fire'.
In a social media post on Friday, Stalin said the SIR was being misused to erase voters from disadvantaged and dissenting communities, so that the outcome could be tilted in favour of the
BJP
.
"This is not about reform. It is about engineering outcomes," he said.
He said what had happened in Bihar during the SIR was a telling example of the potential threat posed by the exercise.
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"The Delhi regime knows the same electorate that once voted for it will now vote it out. That is why it is trying to stop them from voting altogether," he said.
"If you (BJP) cannot defeat us, you seek to delete us. Don't play with fire. Any threat to our democracy will be met with firm resistance," he added.
Stalin said that TN will raise its voice against SIR with full force.
"Democracy belongs to the people. It will not be stolen," Stalin said in the post with the tag 'Quit SIR.'
Meanwhile, CPM state secretary P Shanmugam has written to chief electoral officer Archana Patnaik asking her to convene an all-party meeting to discuss SIR. Stating that there are reports about preparatory work for commencing SIR in TN too, Shanmugam said the Election Commission of India should listen to views of political parties and then proceed with electoral roll revision.
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