Daro mat: DMK asks Rahul Gandhi to break silence on Tamil Nadu SIR voter deletions, tell me about this news today

The DMK launched a sharp political attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, turning his own slogan “Daro mat” against him to demand that he break his silence on alleged large-scale voter deletions in Tamil Nadu during the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

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Key Details of the Controversy

• The Trigger: The attack came after INDIA bloc leaders, led by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, marched towards the Election Commission office in New Delhi demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the nationwide SIR process.

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• DMK’s Allegation of “Double Standards”: DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai publicly questioned why Rahul Gandhi aggressively protests the SIR exercise in Delhi while remaining silent about Tamil Nadu, where the DMK claims nearly 97 lakh voter names were deleted from draft electoral rolls ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.

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• Electoral Impact Claims: Citing election data, the DMK spokesperson alleged that the SIR deletions swung the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election results. He claimed that in 135 constituencies where more than 20,000 voters were removed, actor-turned-politician Vijay’s party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), won 84 seats, and won all 10 seats where over 80,000 deletions occurred.

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• Political Subtext & Alliance Fallout: Annadurai asked if Rahul Gandhi was “afraid of Vijay” to raise the issue in Tamil Nadu. This comes against the backdrop of the collapse of the long-standing DMK–Congress alliance following the 2026 state elections, after Congress broke ties with the DMK and backed TVK. The DMK also questioned why Gandhi has not publicly endorsed Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s purported demand to dissolve all state governments elected after the SIR revisions.

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