Pressure mounts on former Supreme Court Judge A. K. Ganguly to resign from the post of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission chief after he is indicted in an alleged sexual harassment case.

Several women organisations and leaders from the BJP and Trinamul Congress have been demanding his removal saying he should resign or else the President Pranab Mukherjee should remove him.

In a facebook post, senior party leader Arun Jaitley on Monday said that Justice Ganguly must quit from the post to protect dignity of his office.

On the social networking site, twitter, party leader Sushma Swaraj has requested President Pranab Mukherjee to initiate the process of removal of Justice Ganguly.

Trinamul Congress General Secretary Mukul Roy told newspersons in Kolkata on Monday that the West Bengal Chief Minister has written twice to the President seeking strong action against Ganguly

Pressure mounted on Ganguly to resign further after excerpts of an affidavit by the law intern, was made public by Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising.

Meanwhile, Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said, it is time for Justice Ganguly to submit his resignation. He also said, if Justice Ganguly does not resign, government could step in.

Ganguly has so far denied all allegations against him and ruled out resigning as the head of the West Bengal State Human Rights Commission chief.