CHENNAI: Two days after the Election Commission of India informed the Madras High Court that the Special Summary Revision (SIR) of Tamil Nadu electoral roll would begin in a week or two, DMK president and Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday termed it a direct assault on democracy that the BJP-led Union government was unleashing on the State using its “puppet” poll panel.

In a letter to the party cadre and public, Stalin accused the BJP government of using the ECI as a puppet to disenfranchise voters, particularly those from working classes, Scheduled Castes, minorities, and women.

Pointing out the revision process held in Bihar recently, Stalin said more than 65 lakh people lost their voting rights, and warned that the BJP and its ally, the AIADMK, were attempting the same "shortcut" in

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