New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar is facing mounting calls for his removal over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Delhi has witnessed a series of protests in recent weeks, with Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joining the opposition's campaign against the exercise. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) also demanded Kumar's resignation and planned a protest at Jantar Mantar on 10 October, ahead of which several of its leaders were detained.

Separately, on Monday, INDIA bloc leaders marched towards the Supreme Court and filed a petition seeking his removal.

Calls for Kumar's resignation grew after an Indian Express investigation late last m...