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Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has rejected the report of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on 11th parliamentary election .
"I'm rejecting it completely. It's not an authentic report," the CEC told reporters after a programme at the Election Training Institute in the city's Agargaon area on Wednesday, reports UNB.
The EC did not receive any such allegation from the media on the voting day, he said when his attention was drawn to the TIB report published on Tuesday.
In its report, TIB labelled the December-30 general election as 'controversial' saying that there had been polls irregularities in 47 out of 50 constituencies it surveyed during the election.
About the criticism of the EC's role by TIB, the CEC said, "These are indecorous and inappropriate. It shouldn't have said these."
He, however, said the commission will not take any step against such remarks.
Claiming that no such election irregularity took place, Nurul Huda said the EC gleaned information from media, its own officials, electoral inquiry committees and magistrates.