Stalin calls for CEC’s resignation and halt to SIR exercise

DMK president Stalin has demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and called for the SIR exercise to be halted, according to The Hindu. The demand follows media reports alleging that decisions were taken without taking into account the objections of the other two Election Commissioners. Those reports are identified as the immediate context for Stalin’s intervention.

Stalin’s position combines a call for a change at the top of the Election Commission with a demand that the SIR exercise be stopped. The supplied material does not explain what the exercise involves or specify which decisions were allegedly made without considering the objections. The report also does not include a response from Gyanesh Kumar, the other Election Commissioners or the Election Commission to the allegations and Stalin’s demands.

The available information therefore establishes the political demand and the reported basis for it, but does not independently verify the media reports cited in the source material. It also gives no indication of whether the resignation request or call for a halt has been accepted. The issue, as presented, concerns the process by which decisions were taken and the continuation of the SIR exercise.

Further details about the decisions, the objections or any official response are not provided.