DMK opposing clean voter list, fearing it won't be able to manipulate polls, says EPS
Speaking to the media persons in Coimbatore, the Leader of the Opposition said the AIADMK has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking to be impleaded in a plea filed by the State government challenging the implementation of SIR by the Election Commission of India (ECI)
AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami,Minister of Home Affairs of India Amit Shah (Photo: /X@EPSTamilNadu)
COIMBATORE: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday said the DMK is opposing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) as it could not cast bogus votes in the 2026 Assembly polls if the electoral rolls are cleaned up.
Speaking to the media persons in Coimbatore, the Leader of the Opposition said the AIADMK has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking to be impleaded in a plea filed by the State government challenging the implementation of SIR by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The opposition party's efforts are aimed at bringing out the truth, as the DMK is making false charges, he said.
“Why is that the DMK and its alliance parties panicking over SIR? They spread false information and create confusion among people, claiming that it will remove the voting rights of people. But the SIR has been done eight times in Tamil Nadu in the past. A month is sufficient for the electoral revision,” he said.
Denying charges by expelled AIADMK minister KA Sengottaiyan on interference by the family members of Palaniswami in party affairs, he termed it a ‘false campaign.’ He rebutted claims that Sengottaiyan took up the issue of reunion of estranged factions in the AIADMK at the behest of the BJP.
Meanwhile, he criticised the ruling DMK for attacking its alliance partners. Unable to find fault with the previous AIADMK government, the DMK has been raising the issue of its alliance with the BJP, the AIADMK leader said, adding, “After alliance talks, Union Home Minister Amit Shah made it clear that AIADMK will lead the alliance and form the government, and EPS is the Chief Minister candidate.”
Alleging that Chief Minister MK Stalin has been announcing and laying the foundation for several schemes without sanctioning funds, the LoP said people are seething in anger and are desperate to remove this anti-people government.
Referring to incidents of sexual assaults, including the gang rape of a girl student in Coimbatore, sexual harassment of a teen girl by a cop in Villupuram and another instance in Tiruvannamalai, Palaniswami attacked the DMK over the "deteriorating" law and order situation in Tamil Nadu.
