Chennai: A voter’s name missing from the electoral roll can determine whether they get to exercise their democratic right.

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Aadhav Arjuna has accused DMK president MK Stalin of complicity in what he called the ‘murder of democracy’ during Tamil Nadu's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

In a fresh political attack on Wednesday, Arjuna alleged that the DMK, despite initially opposing the exercise, later worked in coordination with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the BJP-led Center to carry out the revision and facilitate voter deletions.

In a social media post, the TVK leader questioned the DMK's stance on SIR and accused Stalin's party of adopting a contradictory position on the electoral roll revision process.

He alleged the exercise was used to remove voters and claimed the DMK's actions raised serious questions about the process's fairness.

Arjuna's allegations add to the political confrontation surrounding SIR in Tamil Nadu, with TVK questioning how names were removed from the electoral rolls.

The party has alleged that the revision disproportionately affected younger voters and women, whom TVK considered likely to support it.

The TVK leader has also alleged that the DMK's organisational network was involved in the exercise and claimed that party functionaries and supporters were mobilised during the revision.

He has questioned whether the deletions were carried out in a manner that could influence electoral outcomes.

The accusations come amid a wider political debate over the SIR exercise and its implications for voter participation.

While the revision aims to update electoral rolls, allegations of wrongful deletions have raised concerns among political parties that eligible voters may be excluded.

Arjuna has indicated that TVK would present what it claims is evidence of irregularities at an appropriate time.

However, the allegations of collusion between the DMK, the BJP and the ECI, as well as claims of targeted voter deletions, have not been independently established.

The DMK's response to the latest allegations was not available at the time of writing.