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NEW DELHI: Opposition parties connected Friday submitted a caller announcement successful Rajya Sabha seeking a question to region Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The announcement has been signed by 73 MPs.Congress person Jairam Ramesh alleged that determination are 9 circumstantial charges against the CEC connected the crushed of 'proven misbehaviour' and called his continuation arsenic an battle connected the Constitution. In a station connected X, helium wrote: "73 Opposition MPs successful the Rajya Sabha person conscionable submitted to its Secretary General a caller Notice of Motion for presenting an Address to the President of India praying for the removal of Shri Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner of India, connected the crushed of proven misbehaviour constituted by acts and omissions committed connected and aft 15 March 2026, wrong the meaning of Article 324 (5) of the Constitution of India work with Article 124(4) thereof, Section 11(2) of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 and the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.
There are present 9 circumstantial charges against the CEC that person been documented successful large item and that simply cannot beryllium denied oregon whitewashed away. His continuation is an battle connected the Constitution. It is an implicit disgrace that the antheral continues to beryllium successful bureau to bash the bidding of the PM and HM."
Earlier, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and spokesperson Derek O'Brien connected Monday said that the absorption would determination a caller impeachment announcement against the CEC with further charges.
“19 governmental parties and astir 300 MPs had earlier moved an impeachment announcement against the CEC. In the coming days, a caller impeachment announcement with further charges volition beryllium brought,” O’Brien told reporters astatine a property league successful Kolkata.Also Read | Oppn to bring caller question to region CEC Gyanesh Kumar, says TMC's Derek O'Brien; alleges BJP readying 'conspiracy' successful Bengal Earlier this month, notices submitted successful some Houses of Parliament seeking Kumar’s removal, were rejected by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman, Vice President CP Radhakrishnan.Opposition parties person accused Kumar of 'partial conduct,' alleging that helium favoured the ruling BJP, peculiarly successful transportation with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The earlier notice, backed by implicit 193 MPs from aggregate absorption parties, cited respective charges, including 'proved misbehaviour' and concerns implicit his handling of electoral rotation revisions successful states specified arsenic Bihar and West Bengal.The determination comes amid heightened governmental tensions arsenic archetypal signifier of West Bengal assembly elections was conducted connected Thursday, wherever disputes implicit electoral rotation revisions and administrative decisions by the Election Commission person go cardinal flashpoints.Under Article 324(5) of the Constitution, the process to region the Chief Election Commissioner is akin to that for a Supreme Court judge. It requires a peculiar bulk successful Parliament and tin lone beryllium initiated connected grounds of proven misbehaviour oregon incapacity. Once admitted, a committee comprising elder judicial members and a distinguished jurist examines the charges and the CEC is fixed an accidental to contiguous a defence earlier immoderate further proceedings.
