New Delhi, July 10 -- Swaraj Party leader Yogendra Yadav on Thursday welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court after the opposition leaders challenged the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Review (SIR) exercise in Bihar and said that the apex court has put breaks on the "disenfranchisement exercise".

Clarifying that the stay order on the SIR drive was not a requirement, Yadav said that the Supreme Court remained alert to the possibility of this exercise posing a serious danger of disenfranchisement.

"The Supreme Court has kind of put the brakes on the disenfranchisement exercise that was happening. We did not ask for a stay order. The SC did not give a stay order because that was not required at all. What was said was tha...