Chennai, Sept. 23 -- An all-out political storm has snowballed after opposition parties raised a media report by the Indian Express on Wednesday, which had said that decisions taken on the Special Intensive Regulation (SIR) process were objected to by two of the three Election Commissioners.

According to the report, "Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected at least 14 times over the last 10 months to decisions taken and orders issued without their knowledge."

DMK Spokesperson TKS Elangovan on Wednesday questioned the BJP and alleged that the party was playing a game with the SIR process.

"The BJP government is playing a game with this SIR. So, they want to remove the Muslims from this country. That is their motive. ...