The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Tamil Nadu’s ruling party , in a maiden challenge against the expansion of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to 12 States , said the exercise is replete with “arbitrariness, unreasonableness and illegalities” and infringes voters’ right to political expression.

In a point-by-point counter to the SIR exercise itself and, in particular, the manner in which it was conducted in Bihar, the DMK, through its organising secretary R.S. Bharathi, represented by senior advocates N.R. Elango and Amit Anand Tiwari, said the second phase was bound to cause “confusion, uncertainty and disenfranchisement of a significant number of voters, as seen in the State of Bihar”.

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