'We Will Resist': Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin Calls For All-Party Meeting To Discuss SIR 2.0

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led Alliance has called for an all-party meeting on November 2 under the leadership of DMK Party head and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin. The meeting will be held to discuss the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Phase-2. A consultation meeting was held today soon after the Election Commission announced SIR phase 2.

After the consultation meeting, MDMK Founder Vaiko said, “The DMK president, CM has invited all the registered political party leaders for a discussion on 2nd November at 10:30 am. It (SIR) will definitely be totally unfair.”

MK Stalin expressed concerns over “practical difficulties” in implementation of SIR during the monsoon season.

In a post on X, Tamil Nadu CM Stalin said, “To carry out Special Intensive

Revision just months before the election, and especially during the monsoon months of November and December, brings serious practical difficulties. To conduct SIR in a hasty and opaque manner is nothing but a conspiracy by the ECI to rob citizens of their rights and help the BJP.”

He further called out the removal of people from the electoral rolls in Bihar and called it ‘suspicious’. “In Bihar, large numbers of women, minorities and people from SC and ST communities were removed from the electoral rolls, and the absence of transparency has fuelled serious suspicion in the public mind,” Stalin said.

#SIR in Tamil Nadu: We will resist disenfranchisement and defeat #VoteTheft.

To carry out Special Intensive Revision just months before the election, and especially during the monsoon months of November and December, brings serious practical difficulties. To conduct SIR in a… pic.twitter.com/wXUXuZUkyp

— M.K.Stalin – தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் (@mkstalin) October 27, 2025

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced to conduct the second phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories. SIR will begin in Tamil Nadu from next week.

Stalin further announced an all-party meeting on November 2 regarding SIR. He posted on X and said, “Now the ECI has announced that #SIR will begin in Tamil Nadu from next week. Following the announcement, we held discussions with our alliance partners, and on that basis an all-party meeting will be convened on 2 November to decide the next course of action. The right to vote is the foundation of democracy. Tamil Nadu will fight against any attempt to murder it, and Tamil Nadu will win.”

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said on Monday that the exercise will cover Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.