Opposition submits notices seeking motion for CEC’s removal to both House today | India News
NEW DELHI: Stepping up the attack on the Election Commission, the Opposition has filed notices in both houses of Parliament seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. This is the first time that the CEC has been served with a notice seeking removal. The notice was signed by 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs.
As per rules, at least 100 MPs have to sign a notice to remove the CEC in the Lok Sabha and 50 in the Rajya Sabha.An opposition leader shared that the required number had already been reached, with opposition MPs coming to sign the notice till Thursday afternoon. By around 1.30 pm, as many as 130 signatures were received from members of opposition parties in Lok Sabha and 63 signatures from members of Rajya Sabha. According to sources, all India Bloc parties have signed the notice. Apart from this, MPs from AAP, which is not part of the India Bloc, also signed the notice.
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The 10-page long notice contains seven charge sheets. According to sources, these allegations range from biased behavior by the CEC to widespread disenfranchisement of voters. The opposition has also raised the issue of the way the CEC handled the SIR in previous elections like Bihar and the upcoming elections in states like West Bengal; his “proven misconduct”; His partial behavior towards a political party is also a matter mentioned in the notice.CEC piloted the removal notice TMC Following the mounting allegations against Gyanesh Kumar by opposition parties. They accused the CEC of favoritism and running an arbitrary Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise to help the BJP. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is leading protests over the SIR process in her state. Other opposition parties are also attacking the CEC, with Rahul Gandhi running a “vote-stealing” campaign.The process for removing the CEC is similar to that of a Supreme Court judge, and the incumbent can be removed only for “proven misconduct or incapacity”.The BJP alliance’s majority in both houses made the move a non-starter, but it allowed the opposition to register their joint protest against the CEC.
