VCK leader seeks action against election chief over voter-roll revision
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol. Thirumavalavan has urged INDIA bloc parties to demand the reinstatement of 13 crore deleted voters, suspend the Special Intensive Revision and publish the social composition of removed voters. He also called for the resignation and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder and Chidambaram MP Thol. Thirumavalavan has urged INDIA bloc parties to adopt eight demands over the revision of electoral rolls, including the reinstatement of 13 crore deleted voters. Speaking in New Delhi on Wednesday, Thirumavalavan called for the suspension of the Special Intensive Revision process and publication of the social composition of voters removed from the rolls.
He also demanded the resignation and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Other demands included withdrawal of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, and an announcement of a nationwide agitation. Thirumavalavan said reported objections by two Election Commissioners to the legality of the SIR process had created what he described as a constitutional crisis.
He argued that the deletion of large numbers of voters raised questions about the validity of elections held in several States and Union territories. He referred to a demand by Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal that elections be declared illegal, but acknowledged that implementing such a step would be difficult in practice. The VCK leader also expressed concern about the Supreme Court’s approach to cases challenging the SIR, saying the court had not granted relief.
He said the issue went beyond differences or compromise among Election Commissioners and concerned the foundation of electoral democracy. His comments came as opposition parties met in New Delhi to discuss a joint action plan over alleged irregularities in the revision of voter lists. The Congress has said the opposition is united in defending the Constitution and challenging what it calls a plan to manipulate votes.
The supplied material records Thirumavalavan’s allegations and demands but does not establish the number of voters actually deleted, the legal status of the proposed demands or any response from the Election Commission or Chief Election Commissioner.
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