NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu's governing social gathering DMK on Monday filed a writ petition within the Supreme Courtroom difficult the constitutional validity of the Election Fee's choice to conduct particular intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls of all states. It alleged that SIR is an arbitrary train that will result in elimination of voters' names from the lists. DMK stated a particular abstract revision of TN voter listing was carried out between Oct 2024 and January 2025. DMK in SC: SIR train can disenfranchise lakhs of voters The revision had addressed problems with migration, demise and deletion of ineligible voters from the prevailing state electoral roll. “The SIR and the Orders, if not put aside, can arbitrarily and with out due course of, disenfranchise lakhs of voters from electing their representatives, thereby disrupting free and truthful elections and democracy within the nation, that are a part of the fundamental construction of the Structure,” stated DMK stated by means of its organising secretary R S Bharathi.DMK stated the Bihar SIR was carried out by introducing new and stringent necessities for voters to supply proof of citizenship, significantly for individuals who weren't registered as voters within the 2003 electoral roll. It cited a number of orders of the SC, tweaking the process and permitting Aadhaar as an identification proof. DMK and stated the process adopted by EC in conducting SIR is neither prescribed within the Illustration of the Individuals Act nor in Conduct of Election Guidelines. “There may be neither a necessity for conducting de novo verification of electoral rolls nor a compelling motive for such in depth train.” it stated. DMK stated, “…SIR is certain to trigger uncertainty and disenfranchisement of a big variety of voters, as seen in Bihar”, a cost but not accepted by the SC, which remains to be seized of the matter.
