Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Pressure is mounting on India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign over allegations of irregularities in voter lists, raising questions about how the country's top election official can legally be removed.

Opposition parties, including the Congress and youth group Cockroach Janta Party, intensified their demands after The Indian Express reported that two of the three election commissioners had raised objections at least 14 times over voter-list revisions in the past 10 months.

As protests spread across Delhi, The Hindu has explained the constitutional provisions governing the appointment, removal and legal protection of the chief election commissioner and other members of the Election Commission.

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