Over 74 lakh voters missing from Tamil Nadu electoral rolls, says citizens’ collective

CHENNAI The Independent Young Citizens Collective (IYCC) has alleged that 74.07 lakh voters have been removed from Tamil Nadu’s electoral rolls and demanded an inquiry into the alleged deletions. Announcing a rally on Anna Salai on November 26, as part of a nationwide day of action against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the collective said the reported deletion of such a large number of names has raised serious questions about the exercise and its implications for democracy. The IYCC is part of ‘People Against SIR’, a national platform comprising mass organisations, social movements and individual activists, independent of political parties.

The collective released its statement at a press conference at the Chennai Press Club on Tuesday. Those who addressed the meeting included political economist Parakala Prabhakar; Carnatic vocalist, writer and Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient T.M. Krishna; former General Secretary of the All India Bank Officers’ Confederation Thomas Franco; and cultural-political activist and IYCC co-convenor Radhika Ganesh.

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