Kolkata, June 23 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and advocate Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday made a series of allegations during the hearing of the Bhabanipur Assembly election result matter in the Calcutta High Court, claiming bias and irregularities in the election process.

Speaking to reporters, Banerjee alleged a "quid pro quo" in appointments related to former officials of the Election Commission and the state administration.

"He (former CEO Manoj Agarwal) has been appointed as the Joint Secretary of the CMO. Therefore, there is a quid pro quo and there is a likelihood of bias... Similarly, the Chief Electoral Officer, under whose directions 55,000 voters' names were deleted by the EC, and so many complaints were lodged about his perfor...