Highlights 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.”