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DMK Backs Rahul Gandhi Protest Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar After Initial Criticism
- •DMK senior leader TKS Elangovan defended Rahul Gandhi, stating he has every right to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- •Elangovan accused the Centre of attempting to prevent Rahul Gandhi from holding demonstrations against the Election Commission.
- •The supportive stance comes a day after DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai criticized Rahul Gandhi for his silence on alleged voter deletions in Tamil Nadu.
- •Annadurai had previously questioned Rahul Gandhi's nationwide campaign against the Election Commission while ignoring the SIR voter deletion controversy in Tamil Nadu.
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DMK senior leader TKS Elangovan expressed support for Rahul Gandhi's protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, stating that citizens have a right to fight government wrongdoings and accusing the Centre of trying to prevent him from protesting. This came shortly after DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai criticized Gandhi for allegedly not speaking forcefully enough about voter deletions in Tamil Nadu.
DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai criticized Rahul Gandhi for leading a national campaign against the Election Commission while failing to speak with similar force about alleged mass voter deletions during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Tamil Nadu. The DMK accused Gandhi of duplicity and questioned whether he was avoiding the state issue out of fear of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK leader Vijay.
The DMK alleged that large numbers of voters were improperly deleted from Tamil Nadu's electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Party president M K Stalin also demanded that CEC Gyanesh Kumar resign and called for the SIR exercise to be halted due to widespread irregularities.
