NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu's governing party DMK on Monday filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Election Commission 's decision to conduct special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls of all states. It alleged that SIR is an arbitrary exercise that would lead to removal of voters' names from the lists. DMK said a special summary revision of TN voter list was conducted between Oct 2024 and January 2025. DMK in SC: SIR exercise can disenfranchise lakhs of voters The revision had addressed issues of migration, death and deletion of ineligible voters from the existing state electoral roll. "The SIR and the Orders, if not set aside, can arbitrarily and without due process, disenfranchise lakhs of voters from electing their

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