ACCUSATIONS of bullying in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) vote to end the season are “absolute nonsense,” according to board member Les Gray.

The Hamilton director dismissed demands for an independent inquiry and claimed that calls by Rangers to suspend SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster and legal adviser Rod McKenzie were pointless without evidence.

Gray revealed SPFL that chairman Murdoch MacLennan and independent board member Karyn McCluskey had begun their own investigation into the process, which saw Dundee make a U-turn to carry the resolution five days after the requested deadline, and having discovered they had the casting vote.

Rangers claimed they had heard accusations of bullying but have refused to hand over evidence that they described as “alarming.”

Gray, speaking on BBC Radio Scotland’s Sportsound programme, said: “At the moment we don’t have any evidence, we have asked for it on several occasions.

“We have high-calibre non-exec directors and we are happy that they can look at this process and see what we could have done better.

“We have what’s been called a shambolic voting mess and it’s hard to disagree with that because of what happened in the end.

“But the system was in place and the way it all panned out is part of that mess — but there was no wrongdoing, so there is no need for an investigation, in my view.

“I don’t like Boris Johnson, and I could write a letter asking for him to be suspended — but they will not suspend him unless I give in some evidence.”

Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack and Hearts counterpart Ann Budge have both added their weight to calls for an independent probe.

Gray said: “We have two independent directors who are looking at that process to see if there was anything that was in there that was wrong, anything that we have to bring people to account for.

“That will be handled by Murdoch MacLennan and Karyn McCluskey, and if anything comes out of that, we will go the full hog.

“The accusations of bullying are complete nonsense. There’s loads of negotiation goes on between clubs, there’s loads of chats, but the board is there purely to enact the will of the clubs — and 81 per cent of clubs voted in favour of this resolution.”

Last week, clubs voted for the Championship, League One and League Two campaigns to be curtailed early and decided on a points-per-game basis, with Dundee United, Raith Rovers and Cove Rangers declared champions.

Partick Thistle and Stranraer will be relegated under the proposals.

No decision has been made yet on the Premiership.