00:00Moving on to Tamil Nadu. The political temperature in Tamil Nadu which heads to polls
00:04next year is heating up over the SIR exercise. AIA-DMK General Secretary E. Palani Swami or EPS
00:12has accused the ruling DMK of quietly conducting a door-to-door exercise while publicly claiming
00:19to oppose the SIR. EPS has lashed out at Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, alleging that DMK officials
00:26are attempting to remove AIA-DMK voters from the electoral rolls. The BJP has also trained its
00:32guns on the DMK, accusing them of resorting to fear-mongering to win elections. Hitting back,
00:40Stalin, who is also the DMK chief, has alleged that the AIA-DMK and the BJP are spreading a fake
00:46narrative and attempting to remove poor voters under the guise of the SIR. The Chief Minister has
00:53directed his party carder to ensure that no eligible voter is left out of the exercise.
00:59He has also announced a state-wide protest by the DMK and its allies against the SIR on November 11th.
01:07With elections due in 2026, the SIR exercise began earlier this month across Tamil Nadu.
01:44I am a man.
01:47I am a man.
01:51I am a man.
01:54He is a man.
01:57You are always a good person to arrive on your own journey.
02:01Your friends, they are asking,
02:02your friends, your friends,
02:06your parents, their friends,
02:09you are chattering in your eyes.
02:13If you have any family,
02:16you will be in contact with them.
02:19For that, the goal is for you to be able to come up with your own journey.
02:23But you should be in contact with your friend.
02:26You know, we don't have a chance.
02:30This is the words that we are asking.
02:33Our students, in the same way, have a strong spirit.
02:40Don't know what we need to say.
02:45We are all being upset with him.
02:47Don't know anything about us to do.
05:04So, while the DMK is planning its protest against SIR, it seems AIA DMK is conjuring
05:10up its own version of vote-chory accusations at the DMK.
05:14It's a very confusing situation there.
05:17It surely is because special intensive revision is going to be a talking point for this particular
05:24election.
05:25And while DMK claims that BJP and AIDMK are trying to use SIR to remove votes that are in
05:29favor of DMK and allied parties, now Eda Party Kayo Pandiswamy has come forward and
05:34he is claiming that along with the booth level BLO officers, there are like booth level
05:39agents too are also going over that these are party office bearers as well and they
05:43could actually go ahead, end the process and cause a lot of trouble and that is why he
05:47is asking the election commission to be vigil along with the public to be vigil on this matter.
05:52However, DMK and allied parties have decided to go ahead and conduct a state-wide protest
05:56on 11th of November.
05:58This is against SIR claiming that the time frame is much more shorter considering this
06:02is monsoon and it will cause a lot of issues.
06:05Right.
06:06Thank you, Pramodh, for all those details.
06:08We'll be keeping an eye on that news as the protest is planned.
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