Political tensions have escalated sharply in Tamil Nadu over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with the ruling DMK and the opposition AIADMK trading serious allegations of manipulation and voter targeting ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.
Eyewitness videos and local testimonies suggest that several individuals, unauthorised by the Election Commission, have been visiting homes under the guise of government officials to collect or verify voter data.
In one such incident recorded on video and now circulating widely, a resident confronts a woman engaged in voter roll work, asking who authorised her to perform official duties. The woman admits she is not a government-appointed BLO and was just helping the man, John Sundararaj, a Gram Rozgar Sevak (GRS), and he also accepted that even he was not the BLO.
The lady who was seen collecting information/forms continued claiming she was asked to “help” him, as he had to step out.
The lady inadvertently tells the person recording the video that she belongs to the DMK IT Wing and was just helping the man with the voter verification work.
The @arivalayam while acting like they oppose #SIR one side very silently try to hijack the entire exercise by replacing govt appointed Booth level officers with their own party people. This is the malpractice which helps them win elections. The #ElectionCommission must… pic.twitter.com/kaMJTB3xpS
— Vinoj P Selvam (@VinojBJP) November 10, 2025
AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has launched severe accusations against the DMK, alleging that party-affiliated officials are covertly conducting door-to-door revisions. He has further claimed that DMK members are being strategically planted as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) to systematically remove AIADMK supporters from the rolls in preparation for the 2026 Assembly elections.
The DMK, which has already challenged the SIR process in the Supreme Court, counters that the revision is a disguised effort to disenfranchise minority and economically disadvantaged voters.
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