Amid demands for resignation, BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra hit back, said - I have been elected, I will not resign.

Amid demands for resignation, BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has refused to step down. Mishra said that he is an elected representative and his tenure is valid under the rules of BCI and Advocates Act. At the same time, co-chairman YR Sadashiva Reddy has made allegations of financial irregularities and alleged misuse of position. The matter regarding long tenure has also reached the Supreme Court.