Lucknow, Sept. 23 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Om Prakash Singh on Wednesday demanded the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, saying allegations against the Election Commission are serious and stressing that the poll body must remain impartial to ensure free and fair elections.

This comes after a report by the Indian Express that said that decisions taken on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process were objected to by two of the three Election Commissioners.

According to the report, "Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected at least 14 times over the last 10 months to decisions taken and orders issued without their knowledge."

Speaking to reporters in Lucknow here, Singh said, "Election ...