India, Oct. 24 -- Representatives of Tamil Nadu's ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led alliance and the Opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) walked out of an all-party meeting convened by the Election Commission on Friday to discuss the special summary revision (SSR) of electoral rolls, demanding Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged irregularities in the previous special intensive revision (SIR).

Tamil Nadu minister for energy resources and law CTR Nirmal Kumar said the TVK had opposed the SIR from the beginning and alleged that the exercise had led to massive errors in the electoral rolls.

"If it was not conducted, the TVK would have won in more than 160 [of 234] seats in the April 23 as...