Kolkata, May 27 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Wednesday clarified the party's stance on the Supreme Court's verdict regarding the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, asserting that the party had never questioned the legitimacy of the exercise itself in the first place.

Speaking to ANI, Roy alleged the misuse of the SIR, maintaining that the party's stance on the exercise remains unchanged despite the Supreme Court's ruling.

"Whatever the apex court says is the law. We didn't say that SIR was illegitimate; we said it was misused. SIR was not conducted properly in Bengal, as a result of which, 27 lakh names were deleted. So our stand will stay the same despite SC's directive," said Ro...