CHENNAI: Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Friday alleged that his political opponents were using the Election Commission as a tool to defeat his party "through the backdoor," since they were unable to challenge it ideologically.

Speaking at the ‘DMK 75 – Knowledge Festival’ organised by the party's youth wing at Valluvar Kottam, Stalin inaugurated the event and released the commemorative book ‘Colours of Time: Black and Red – DMK 75.’

"The DMK cannot be defeated on the strength of ideas or ideology. So they are trying to use the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive to destabilise us," he said, questioning the urgency in conducting the exercise despite objections from all political parties. "We are opposing this legally and politically and will contin

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