Kolkata, April 5 -- The Election Commission of India has rejected Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that the Central forces played a partisan role in the "rigged and violent elections" at Nandigram - particularly in the Boyal region - where Trinamool Congress voters could not allegedly cast their vote.

In a strongly-worded reply to Mamata's letter to the Commission complaining gross electoral irregularities, the poll panel said nothing could be a "greater misdemeanour" than misguiding the "biggest stakeholders," the voters.

The ECI was referring to the Chief Minister's "far-from-the-truth" allegations suggesting the elections were not only rigged but also the Central forces were playing a partisan role.

"It was a matter of ...