Overview

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin said the DMK will stall any Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in the state.
• He cited Bihar’s ongoing SIR, which he said removed about 65 lakh names, describing the exercise as a “murder of democracy.”
• Stalin joined Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav and CPI-ML leader Dipankar Bhattacharya in the Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar earlier this week.
• He accused the BJP of misusing the Election Commission, calling it a puppet controlled by the Centre.
• Speaking at Chennai airport before departing on a Europe trip, he asserted Tamil Nadu has the wherewithal to thwart any such revision.