Tenkasi: The all-party meet over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is an attempt to “safeguard democracy” and all parties should attend it, setting aside political differences, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Wednesday.

The ruling DMK and its allies have been opposed to SIR and the government has convened the all-party meet to decide on the next course of action after the EC recently announced the revision from next month in the poll-bound Tamil Nadu and other states.

The Chief Minister charged the ruling BJP with trying to “snatch” the voting rights of the people of Tamil Nadu through such an exercise.

“I reiterate from this stage–voting is the basis of democracy. We will not sacrifice it at any cost. We will overcome the BJP’s efforts like snatching the voting

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