DMK MPs meet demands removal of CEC, scrapping of SIR, resolves to petition Prez for return to ballot paper voting

Chennai, Oct 17 (UNI) A meeting of DMK MPs on Saturay demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) C.Gyanesh Kumar, scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and return to ballot paper-based elections, alleging that the Election Commission's actions have undermined public confidence in the electoral process, while pledging support to the protest by youths on CEC ouster. The meeting chaired by party president M.K.Stalin also resolved to submit a memorandum to President Droupady Murmu by DMK MPs pressing for SIR repeal and return to the ballot system instead of EVMs. In its first of the…