SIR: Mamata Banerjee lifts dharna, hails SC order to set up appellate authority on voter list revision

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday lifted her dharna against the "flawed SIR" on the fifth day, saying the protest was being suspended temporarily after the Supreme Court ordered the setting up of an appellate mechanism regarding the voter list revision.

Welcoming the apex court's move to set up the appellate authority, Banerjee said the door closed by the EC has now been opened bringing a new ray of hope for the people whose names were deleted or under adjudication due to 'logical discrepancy' under the SIR.

The CM said she is calling off the dharna "temporarily", saying the TMC will keep tabs on future developments.


She said the Supreme Court order is a victory for the people of Bengal

The protest was lifted on a day when the full bench of the EC concluded its two-day visit to the state to review poll preparedness.