New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar had violated the Constitution and could no longer continue in office.

Speaking to ANI during the INDIA bloc protest against the ECI, the Congress leader said, "This whole campaign is to highlight the fact that a constitutional functionary, the Chief Election Commissioner, has violated the Constitution in letter and spirit. He has lied to the Supreme Court. He has lied to the country. Clearly, he cannot stay in office any longer..."

Further, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram alleged that decisions of the Election Commission were being taken unilaterally by the Chief Election Commissioner and questioned changes to Form 6 and th...