00:00I'm shifting focus now to one of the biggest political debates that's gripped our nation at this given point.
00:06It's over the Special Intensive Division in Tamil Nadu now.
00:10That is the state we're focusing on and it continues to intensify.
00:15Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has now convened an all-party meeting today
00:18to discuss the next steps following the Election Commission's announcement of SIR in 12 states.
00:24Deputy Chief Minister Uday Nidhi Stalin has criticized the BJP
00:28accusing the party of attempting to axe voters through the Special Intensive Revision process.
00:34Now the BJP in response has hit out at Stalin Jr.
00:37claiming that the Deputy Chief Minister did not understand the definition of SIR
00:42and questioning why the DMK appeared so anxious about it.
00:46After the DMK, the TVK has also opposed the SIR exercise
00:49suggesting that it could deprive people of their voting rights.
00:53At the same time, TVK has also skipped DMK's all-party meeting
00:57claiming it was meant to divert attention from graft allegations.
01:01VCK, a DMK ally, meanwhile has attacked the TVK
01:05saying that it did not attend the meeting
01:07out of what they described as BJP phobia
01:10adding that the SIR exercise was being conducted with ulterior motives.
01:15Meanwhile, the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
01:18has hailed the SIR exercise in Bihar
01:19calling it the world's largest voter roll revision
01:23that the country will soon be proud of.
01:28We have continuously opposed the special intensive registration of this SIR issue.
01:35We have continuously been against it
01:37and we have told all the reasons.
01:39We have seen what they have done in the Bihar elections
01:40with the proof.
01:42And the Supreme Court has also made some decisions.
01:46We want them to follow the decision
01:47and especially the rainfalls
01:49and the elections coming in the next 4-5 months.
01:52We think it's done on purpose, intentionally
01:55to somehow capture the power of Tamil Nadu.
01:59Today, our Honorable Chief Minister
02:00has conveyed the all-party meeting
02:02and he has opened the invitation to all the party leaders.
02:06So, let them come and give their views on it.
02:09And our leader will take a very good decision on it.
02:12What do you take on those parties
02:13who have not turned up for today's all-party meeting?
02:15Like, let's say, TVK's party, Vijay's party
02:18who have not turned up.
02:18What's your take on those parties
02:20who have not turned up today?
02:22They want to express their stand
02:28to the leaders of BJP
02:32that we are with you,
02:35the pro-BJP stand.
02:38So, Vijay and all other parties
02:41like DIDMK
02:43not attending this meeting
02:46only for the BJP phobia.
02:51This is being implemented with ulterior motive.
02:54This is not SIR.
02:56This is indirectly retting in NRC.
03:00They want to
03:01do some mischief in this.
03:04Therefore,
03:06the leaders,
03:07the questions
03:09put forth by the election commission
03:10if you don't know,
03:12it is not going to happen.
03:14Sir, will you move to the Supreme Court, sir?
03:15We are moving.
03:16We are moving.
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