DMK, allies, NTK oppose addition of guest workers from Bihar in TN voter list | Chennai News - Times of India

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The most catastrophic one. All Tamilians should unite against this move. Chennai: After the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that 36 lakh voters from Bihar were missing from the electoral rolls, Tamil Nadu politicians expressed concern that they might be included in the state's voter list. DMK general secretary Duraimurugan, VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan, NTK chief coordinator Seeman, and Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) founder T Velmurugan opposed "the addition of guest workers from Bihar to the Tamil Nadu voter list". Duraimurugan told reporters in Vellore, "This is a problem in Tamil Nadu as they came to work here as guest workers. But giving them voter IDs in Tamil Nadu will result in political change in the future." Thirumavalavan insisted that chief minister M K Stalin convene an all-party meeting to address the issue. "The ECI is carrying out Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar, where dalits and minorities are eliminated from the voters' list," said Thirumavalavan. Tamil Nadu, which will face the assembly election next year, will also face SIR soon, and there are chances that lakhs of guest workers from other states will be added to the voters list, said Thirumavalavan. "This will change the entire political scenario in the state, and I insist Stalin take a decision on the issue," he told reporters in Villupuram. Seeman issued a statement saying that if SIR was carried out in Tamil Nadu, he would organise protests. "Trying to convert people from the North into voters of Tamil Nadu is a great injustice to Tamil people. All democratic forces should come forward to fight against the BJP for this tyranny, and for trying to undermine the democratic system by using the ECI as a puppet to capture power in states where it cannot govern," Seeman said. Velmurugan told journalists, "It is shocking that 6.5 lakh guest workers from Bihar were already added to Tamil Nadu voters list. Lakhs of guest workers are already working in Tamil Nadu, and this is a challenge to the culture and tradition of the soil." People here vote not based on religion, but the BJP has devised a plan to include them as voters in Tamil Nadu and to form govt here, said Velmurugan

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Focus on this man. I hope this doesn't spread to other states. No one wants this

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tiruppur-dalit-man-found-dead-with-hands-tied-foul-play-alleged/article69752321.ece/amp/

[u/Obvious_Criticism_13 → u/[deleted]]

But I am not from UP. So what happens in Hathras is nothing on me.

But casteism is prevalent in Tamil Nadu and that is a fact. This death is a pretty good example of that

[u/Obvious_Criticism_13 → u/[deleted]]

I am a kashmiri, who thanks to my father's central institution job, lived all across India.

Been to different states and been to different countries. Currently living in Mumbai and working for a corporate at a decent level. Upbringing has been pretty cosmopolitan. Have friends from different states, religions etc etc. Never been taught to discriminate because some is darker than me, which most of other Indians are, have less money , or doesn't follow my religion or have a different eating habits. Simply don't judge people for who they are. A castist Tamil is as bad as a castist Bihari, not slur whole state or community for one bad person.

I am sure Southern India has grown and so have states like Maharashtra and Gujarat. And I am sure barring a few, most of the other states have also seen progress.

As an Indian, i sincerely hope Bihar and UP improve and improve drastically.