Politics
TVK sends one minister to Chennai SIR protest
The Indian Express··1d ago
Tamil Nadu School Education Minister A Rajmohan represented TVK alone at a Chennai protest on Thursday against the Special Intensive Revision and the Chief Election Commissioner. Congress-led INDIA bloc parties filled Ramada Circle with flags; TVK carried no party banner. Rajmohan criticised the revision exercise but did not name the BJP once in his speech.
Prism
What It Means For You
- TVK voters see one minister on stage while allied parties brought full cadres to Egmore.
- Rajmohan cited 97 lakh deletions in the first revision phase as a TVK concern.
- Minority-government calculations in Chennai may limit how confrontational ruling-party speeches become.
What's Happening
- TVK joined the INDIA bloc on October 3 and called Thursday its first such protest.
- Rajmohan quoted B R Ambedkar on democracy and voting rights.
- Congress president B Manickam Tagore led the demonstration on Langs Garden Road.
Alliance Limits
- Leaders said Vijay's government stayed wary of provoking Delhi.
- Alleged AIADMK defection talks also shaped how far TVK would go, leaders told the paper.
- Rajmohan pledged TVK would keep opposing the revision in court and on the street.
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