Claim
The SIR exercise already took place during previous elections in Kerala and Tamil Nadu along with other states, and the DMK did not create any showdown over voter rolls there.
“आफ्टर ऑल द एसआईआर एक्सरसाइज ड्यूरिंग द प्रीवियस इलेक्शंस टूक प्लेस इन केरला, इन योर स्टेट ऑफ तमिलनाडु अलोंग विद अदर स्टेट्स... यू डिड नॉट क्रिएट एनी शोडाउन।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The central factual assertion — that the DMK did not create any showdown over voter rolls during the SIR in Tamil Nadu — is false. The DMK led the opposition: CM M.K. Stalin convened an all-party meeting of 49 parties and the DMK moved the Supreme Court against the SIR, describing it as an attempt to disenfranchise voters. Moreover, the SIR in Tamil Nadu and Kerala was conducted in 2025-26 ahead of the 2026 assembly polls (the previous nationwide intensive revision was 2001-04), so the framing that it 'already took place during previous elections' without objection is misleading. The claim is contradicted by well-documented DMK legal and political resistance.
Evidence
- https://www.indiatvnews.com/tamil-nadu/news-tamil-nadu-sir-dmk-moves-supreme-court-against-voter-list-revision-ahead-of-assembly-polls-2025-11-03-1015655 DMK moved the Supreme Court against the SIR of Tamil Nadu electoral rolls, directly contradicting the claim that DMK created no showdown over voter rolls. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.newkerala.com/news/o/dmk-led-party-meeting-passes-resolution-move-sc-against-2nd-472 CM MK Stalin convened an all-party meeting (49 parties) that resolved to challenge SIR, with Stalin calling it an attempt at 'murdering democracy' — a major public showdown over voter rolls. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Intensive_Revision SIR in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and other states was a 2025-2026 exercise ahead of the 2026 assembly polls; the DMK (along with Congress, TMC, CPI-M, RJD, SP) publicly opposed it, alleging it favoured the BJP. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://ddnews.gov.in/en/eci-to-conduct-second-phase-of-special-intensive-revision-in-12-states-uts-final-voter-list-on-feb-7-2026/ The SIR of TN/Kerala rolls was part of Phase-II conducted in 2025-26 for the upcoming 2026 elections; the last nationwide intensive revision was 2001-2004, so the current SIR was not a routine, uncontested 'previous election' exercise. ✓ reachable · archived