CHENNAI: BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran on Monday accused Chief Minister M K Stalin of “searching for excuses in advance for an impending defeat,” after the Election Commission of India announced the commencement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across the nation.

Nainar Nagenthran said the Chief Minister’s reaction to the Election Commission’s announcement was nothing short of an “unwarranted outburst.” He reminded Stalin that it was the DMK itself which had approached the Madras High Court in 2017, during the R K Nagar bypoll, alleging the presence of bogus voters and demanding a revision of the electoral rolls.

“Has the Chief Minister forgotten that even during the Congress regime, starting from the tenure of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, th

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