Nine Tamil Nadu Parties Walk Out Of Poll Meet Over Voter Roll Revision
What Happened
Nine political parties, including the ruling TVK, DMK and Congress, walked out of an all-party meeting in Tamil Nadu and demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the earlier Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The meeting was called to discuss the upcoming Special Summary Revision (SSR). Minister CTR Nirmal Kumar said TVK had opposed the SIR from the outset and called for its alleged errors to be corrected before a new revision. DMK separately questioned the removal of more than 74 lakh names from the electoral rolls.
Key Takeaways
Despite their political differences, TVK and DMK have converged on demanding accountability over the voter-roll revision and Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.