ChIP-seq data used, was published previously (28 (link)) and performed as follows. 1% Formaldehyde-fixed chromatin from RD and SMS-CTR cells were sheared to 200–700 bp with Active Motif EpiShear Sonicator. Chromatin-IP with SNAI2 Ab (CST, Catalogue # 9585) was performed O/N, using ChIP-IT High Sensitivity kit (Active Motif). Drosophila chromatin (Active Motif, Catalogue #53083) and H2Av ab (Active Motif, Catalogue #61686) was used for spike-in normalization across samples. ChIP-seq libraries were prepared using Illumina TruSeq ChIP Library Prep Kit and sequenced on NextSeq500. Reads were mapped to reference genome (version hg19) using BWA. High-confidence ChIP-seq peaks were called by MACS2.1. Raw sequencing data and processed files are available through GEO (GSE137168). For real-time qPCR immunoprecipitated DNA was amplified with BCL2L11 ChIP primers (SNAI2 binding peak 1 & 2) along with negative controls. All signals were normalized against input by the percentage input method. Significance was calculated by Unpaired t test.