Hyderabad, Oct. 5 -- Several political parties are demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar; however, it is not an easy task due to the protection provided in the Constitution.

Article 324(5) of the Constitution states that the CEC cannot be removed from office except in the same manner and on the same grounds as a Judge of the Supreme Court. This means that a lengthy parliamentary process must be followed to remove the CEC.

Step-by-step process

1. Removal can be sought only on specific grounds

The constitutional grounds are proved to be misbehaviour or incapacity.

A demand or political disagreement by itself does not remove the CEC. The alleged misbehaviour or incapacity has to go through the prescrib...