West Bengal Assembly elections | Attempt to belittle institution, EC says in response to Mamata

The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday said in response to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora that the EC would not like to be kept in the dock for “alleged proximity to any political entity” and that if the CM persisted in perpetuating this myth, it was unfortunate.

The letter to Ms. Banerjee by Deputy Election Commissioner in-charge of West Bengal Sudeep Jain in response to her letter on Sunday noted that the Commission had met representatives of the All-India Trinamool Congress on four occasions in Delhi and Kolkata. “...if it is stated by Hon’ble CM that the Commission should meet political parties, it is only an attempt to belittle the institution of Commission with repeated innuendos and averments. Commission maintains the position that they would not like to keep on being put in the dock for alleged proximity to any political entity, etc. However, if Hon’ble CM persists in creating and attempting to perpetuate this myth for reasons best known to her, it is singularly unfortunate, and it is only for Hon’ble CM to adjudge as to why she is doing so,” Mr. Jain wrote.