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ECI SSR all party meet : TN INDIA Bloc, including ruling TVK, Opposition DMK, NTK stages walks out over SIR row, demands CEC ouster

Chennai, Oct 23 (UNI) Expressing their strong opposition to mass deletion of voters and reiterating their demand for the ouster of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) C.Gyanesh Kumar over SIR row, a majority of political parties in Tamil Nadu, including the INDIA Bloc of which the ruling TVK headed by Chief Minister Vijay was a partner, the Opposition DMK and Naam Tamizhar Katchi (NTK) walked out of the All Party meeting on Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls convened by the Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday.
Representatives of the parties staged a walk out after airing their views on the alleged irregularties in the SIR exercise and the steps taken by the ECI to include the over 74 lakh voters deleted from the TN electoral rolls ahead of the April Assembly elections.
In the meeting chaired by Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ms.Archana Patnaik at the State Secretariat, a total of 10 parties walked out, while only three parties--the BJP, AIADMK and the Desiya Makkal Katchi took part.
Apart from all the allies of the TVK-led Secular Social Justice Victorious Alliance (SSJVA), the members of the INDIA bloc in TN headed by the Congress, also staged a walk out. Apart from Congress and TVK, representatives of VCK, MDMK, IUML, and the two Left Parties, which was extending outside support to the Vijay government, but had not joined the SSJVA, while continuing to be part
of the INDIA bloc, also staged a walk out.
On the Opposition front, representatives of the DMK and its lone ally, the DMDK and the NTK of actor-producer Seeman also walked out of the meeting.
Talking to reporters later, senior TVK leader and Electricity and Law Minister CTR.Nirmal Kumar cited the mass deletion of voters undder SIR and said conducting yet another revision in the name of SSR without rectifying the mistakes committed under SIR exercise, was needless. "The ECI should first take steps to rectify the mistakes committed in SIR before conducting SSR. We have made this point in clear terms at the meeting", he added.
The Minister also reiterated the the TVK's stand on its opposition to SIR and the country-wide demand for the ouster of the CEC, and said the TVK would have easily won 160 seats in the April elections had the mass deletions not taken place.
Meanwhile, DMK legal wing leader I.Paranthaman referred to the deletion of 74 lakh voters from the electoral rolls and sought to know what steps the ECI has taken to include them back in the rolls. He also said that it was the DMK which had first raised its voice against the SIR and its leader M.K.Stalin took party in a protest rally in Bihar against SIR. He also reiterated that the CEC must go owning moral responsibility for the SIR row.
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Tags: #ECI SSR all party meet : TN INDIA Bloc# including ruling TVK# Opposition DMK# NTK stages walks out over SIR row# demands CEC ouster
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