India, Sept. 24 -- Senior DMK leader T K S Elangovan on Thursday accused the BJP of attempting to create a "fraudulent voters list" through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

His remarks came amid a political row over the SIR exercise and reports of objections raised by Election Commissioners over certain decisions of the poll panel. The Election Commission has clarified that notices issued to voters over discrepancies do not by themselves mean deletion from the electoral rolls.

Elangovan expressed surprise over notices being issued under the SIR exercise to prominent personalities, including former vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar, BJP veteran L ...