If 2 of 3 people have one view, they aren't the dissenters: Ex-poll officer on ECI row

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has confirmed it will skip the upcoming INDIA bloc meeting in New Delhi, signaling political friction following the Congress party's post-poll alignment with Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in Tamil Nadu. The development coincides with opposition demands for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the suspension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls following a Congress Working Committee resolution.

In Tamil Nadu, political disputes continue over attacks on Chief Minister Vijay alongside fisherfolk protests in Chennai's Pattinampakkam opposing a twelve hundred crore rupee secretariat project. Meanwhile, speaking at the India Today Conclave South in Kochi, Congress Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament from Kerala Jebi Mather addressed women's representation in politics, questioned the linking of women's reservation to delimitation, and discussed Centre-state relations alongside constitutional protections.