Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay-led TVK on Wednesday launched a fresh round of attack on DMK chief MK Stalin, accusing him of being involved in what the party called the murder of democracy during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in the state. TVK leader Aadhav Arjuna, in a social media post, alleged that the DMK initially opposed the exercise but later worked in coordination with the Election Commission of India and the BJP-led Centre to carry out the voter role revision and deletions in the state.
In a strongly worded statement, Arjuna claimed that the DMK controlled the implementation of the SIR across Tamil Nadu and used its party machinery to influence the process. He alleged that the exercise resulted in the removal of voters who were likely to support the TVK, particularly young people and women below the age of 30.
Arjuna wrote on social media that observers could easily understand the DMK's deceptive drama from the day the Election Commission announced the exercise. He claimed that the DMK pretended to oppose the revision at first, but gradually formed a secret alliance with the election panel and the ruling Centre to conduct the entire process under its own control. The TVK leader further accused the DMK of fully implementing the exercise despite its introduction by the BJP-led Centre, and challenged Stalin to deny the allegations.
Arjuna alleged that the DMK deployed around seven lakh people to oversee the SIR exercise, describing them as party functionaries or supporters who were paid to carry out what amounted to a murder of democracy. Continuing his attack, the close confidant of Vijay said it was this alleged manipulation that contributed to political setbacks and asserted that the ruling party would not win future elections.
The TVK leader stated that the public had rejected the DMK for its alleged role in undermining democratic processes and promised that his party would eventually release complete evidence exposing the purported conspiracies. He also alleged that massive amounts of corrupt funds were spent on deploying SIR operatives, accusing the party of using its organizational network to influence the revision and weaken fair democratic principles.