West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that she has written several times to the Election Commission on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and remarked, “justice is crying behind the door".

Banerjee today appeared in-person before the apex court during the hearing of her plea against the SIR exercise in West Bengal.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi was hearing a batch of petitions, including those filed by Banerjee, Mostari Banu and TMC MPs Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen, challenging the SIR of electoral rolls in her state.

Banerjee called the Election Commission “WhatsApp Commission" and alleged that the poll body is not allowing government documents for SIR.

“SIR process is only for deletion. Mismatch not only in title, sir…unplanned…suppose daughter after marriage goes to in-laws house…why she is using husband’s title…that is also a mismatch," the Chief Minister said.

Banerjee said that SIR is being held in West Bengal, not Assam, where elections are due later this year, while appealing to the CJI to “save democracy" and protect “people’s rights".

“They targeted only Bengal, which is on the cusp of an election," she told the bench.

As Banerjee continued to put forth her arguments, the CJI asked her to argue through her lawyer.

Meanwhile, the poll told the Supreme Court that the West Bengal government was not cooperating with the SIR process.

Source: News18