SIR is not just an attack on voting rights, but on citizenship itself, says Thirumavalavan

CHENNAI: Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president and Lok Sabha MP Thol Thirumavalavan on Sunday described the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as a “targeted assault on citizenship rather than just voting rights,” warning that the move was part of a larger design to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) through indirect means.

Talking to reporters after participating in the all-party meeting convened by Chief Minister M K Stalin, Thirumavalavan said, “The SIR is not merely about revising voter lists, it is a politically motivated attempt to question and weaken the citizenship of Indians. What appears as an electoral exercise is actually a veiled attempt to impose the NRC using the Election Commission as a tool.”