Mamata lifts dharna against ‘flaws’ in SIR, hails SC order on forming appellate body

KOLKATA: (Mar 10) 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.

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

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 a logical discrepancy under SIR.