New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Congress on Wednesday said that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has "lost all administrative and moral right to continue in office" alleging that he has been "brutally exposed by his own two colleagues" and that the opposition parties will press for impeachment of the CEC.

In a post on X, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also attacked the Modi government, alleging that Kumar has "functioned as a hatchet man".

Opposition parties have mounted an attack on the government following a report by the Indian Express that said that decisions taken on the Special Intensive Regulation (SIR) process were objected to by two of the three Election Commissioners.

According to the report, "Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandh...