TVK MLA R Seenivasa Sethupathi has approached the Supreme Court after a Madras High Court decision restricted his voting rights in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The move threatens the ruling alliance’s ability to maintain its majority, raising fresh stakes for coalition power amid election-season scrutiny and legal uncertainty over assembly voting privileges.
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TVK chief Vijay has urged the Election Commission to intervene after alleging that voters were left stranded at bus terminals due to “intentional misplanning” by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation. He also asked the ECI to extend polling by two hours, citing delays at multiple booths, and called the situation an assault on voters’ fundamental right to vote.
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