'Keep on fighting your battles for democracy': Mamata congratulates Sibal

Mamata Banerjee and Kapil Sibal. File pics

According to PTI, with the newfound promotion of senior advocate Kapil Sibal on his election as the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president on Thursday, Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, congratulated and encouraged him to continue advocating for democracy. Her encouragement was across social media platforms.

Sibal won with more than a thousand votes, according to sources. "Congratulations Kapil Sibal Ji for winning the Supreme Court Bar Association Presidency by a landslide margin! Your win with support from all of us in this important body in our legal world makes us proud. Keep on fighting your battles for democracy for all of us!" Banerjee said in a post taking on X.