Tamil Nadu Minister for Law and Natural Resources S Regupathy on Monday clarified that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has not opposed the Statewide Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, but only urged that the process should not be carried out in haste.

Speaking to reporters in Pudukkottai, Regupathy said, “We didn’t say there should be no SIR. We only said it shouldn’t be done in a hurry. It should be undertaken carefully after the 2026 elections to ensure that no voter’s name is missed out.”

He alleged that some political parties were “daydreaming” that the DMK’s strong vote base could be reduced by using the SIR process to identify and remove voters from DMK-dominated areas. “That will never happen,” he said, adding that the party would present this argument before the

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