The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) moved the Supreme Court on Monday against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu. The move comes a day after the Tamil Nadu government convened an all-party meeting to discuss the Election Commission's move to implement SIR in the state.

In the petition moved by DMK's organising secretary R.S. Bharathi, the ruling party has challenged the conduct of SIR at this juncture and raised suspicions over its motives. In the petition, DMK argued that the Election Commission lacks the authority to implement this procedure.

Among various reasons, the DMK also argued, "This is not an appropriate time to implement SIR and the Election Commission is acting beyond the powers granted by the Constitution." The party charged that the proce

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