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Banerjee had written a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on March 14.
The TMC supremo had asked whether Union Home Minister Amit Shah is running EC and giving “instructions” to them.
She had also accused Shah of hatching a conspiracy to harass TMC leaders.
New Delhi: In a sharp response to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Election Commission on Tuesday (March 16) said that her remarks are “an attempt to belittle the institution”.
Deputy Election Commissioner in charge of West Bengal Sudeep Jain in reply to Banerjee said, “If it is stated by the CM that the Commission should meet political parties, it is only an attempt to belittle the institution of Commission with repeated innuendos and averments.”
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West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, sitting on a wheel-chair, addresses an election campaign rally ahead of state assembly polls, in Bankura.
In a stern message to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Election Commission has said it is not proper to belittle the institution by calling it as being close to the ruling party and asserted that it would not like to be repeatedly put in the dock with innuendos and averments.
Despite meeting representatives of the TMC in Kolkata and the national capital in the recent past, if it is stated by the CM that the Commission should meet political parties, it is only an attempt to belittle the institution of Commission with repeated innuendos and averments , the poll panel said in response to a letter from Banerjee to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on March 14.
Do Not Belittle Institution With Repeated Innuendos: EC To Mamata Banerjee Commission maintains the position that they would not like to keep on being put in the dock for alleged proximity to any political entity File Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-17T08:07:18+05:30 Do Not Belittle Institution With Repeated Innuendos: EC To Mamata Banerjee outlookindia.com 2021-03-17T10:02:24+05:30
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The Election Commission told West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that it is not proper to belittle the institution by calling it as being close to the ruling party and asserted that it would not like to be repeatedly put in the dock with innuendos and averments.
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The Election Commission concurred with its two poll observers that there was no pre-meditated attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram.