Muslim groups join drive to help people ace SIR test in TN

Muslim organisations in TN, which faces Assembly polls next year, are playing an active role in the voter-roll verification process that is under way in the state to ensure nobody from any community is left out.

- PEARSON LENEKAR SR @Tiruchy

In Tiruchy, TN Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ) has set up camps in at least 30 mosques. Volunteers, who have downloaded PDFs of the 2002 and 2005 voter rolls, entered the details into Excel sheets, verify data and help people in filling SIR forms. "This work should have been done by the EC. Instead, many uneducated residents are expected to fill forms," said S Muhammed Bilal, vice president, TNTJ Tiruchy.