Mamata Banerjee To Chief Justice On SIR: "Justice Crying Behind Closed Doors"

A defiant Mamata Banerjee tore into the Election Commission as the Chief Minister of West Bengal entered the Chief Justice of India (CJI)'s chamber this afternoon to argue her petition challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in her state. "Justice is crying behind closed doors," she thundered in the Supreme Court, requesting five minutes' time to present her case before CJI Surya Kant. The CJI agreed and allowed her 15 minutes to speak before the bench. Speaking at the top of her voice, she opened her arguments with accusations that the Election Commission of India (ECI) ignored her requests. "The problem is that in the end, we don't get justice anywhere. I have written six times to the ECI but still did not get any reply," the chief minister argued, which quickly escalated to a full-blown attack on the poll body. The bench, also comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and VM Pancholi, acknowledged that Banerjee's plea is genuine and assured that every issue has a solution.