DMK-led coalition to protest against SIR on November 11

The DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) on Thursday announced that they will protest across Tamil Nadu on November 11 demanding immediate halt of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu. This comes days after the DMK-the ruling party in Tamil Nadu- moved the Supreme Court on November 3 against the SIR exercise in the state happening in the run up to the 2026 assembly elections.

Special Intensive Revision (SIR) officials during the house-to-house verification process to update voter list, the exercise to verify and update India’s voter lists, in Tiruchirappalli. (ANI)

In a joint statement, the parties who are also part of the INDIA bloc accused the Election Commission of India of acting as a “puppet” of the BJP and alleged that the move is seen as depriving people of their voting rights and undermining democracy at its roots. The decision to protest comes while SIR has been underway in Tamil Nadu since November 4, on a day when the first phase of polling in Bihar was underway and after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the ECI and BJP of voter theft in Haryana polls.