India, April 8 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) against the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal accusing the latter of biased, partisan conduct and violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) while seeking his removal.

The development comes two days after Manoj Kumar Agarwal, CEO of the state, visited Nandigram in East Midnapore and interacted with a section of voters.

The TMC, however, alleged that Agarwal was accompanied by a local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who took the CEO around to meet BJP voters in the area. Refuted the allegations, the CEO said that they were blatantly false and mischievous.

"This partisan conduct strictly amounts to ...