New Delhi: Stepping up the attack on the Election Commission, the opposition has served notices to the presiding officers of both the Houses of Parliament for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. This is the first time that notice for removal of CEC has been given. The notice has been 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 the required strength in the Rajya Sabha is 50.An opposition leader shared that despite the required number having already been reached, opposition MPs continued to come till Thursday afternoon to sign the notices. By around 1.30 pm, 130 signatures had been received from members of the opposition parties in the Lok Sabha and 63 signatures in the Rajya Sabha. According to sources, all the Indian block parties have signed the notice. Apart from this, MPs from AAP, which is not part of the India Bloc, have also signed the notice.

The 10 page long notice contains charge sheets in seven cases. According to sources, these allegations range from biased conduct of the CEC to large-scale disenfranchisement of voters. The opposition has also raised the issue of the manner in which SIR was handled by the CEC in previous elections like Bihar and upcoming elections in states like West Bengal; his “proven misconduct”; His partial conduct towards a political party are also issues which have been mentioned in the notice.Notice of removal of CEC by Pilot TMC After increasing allegations by opposition parties against Gyanesh Kumar. He has accused the CEC of being biased and arbitrarily carrying out the ongoing Special Intensive Review (SIR) exercise to help the BJP. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is leading the 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 of removing the CEC is similar to the process of removing a Supreme Court judge, and the incumbent can be removed only “on the ground of proven misbehavior or incompetence”.The fact that the BJP alliance has a majority in both houses makes this move a non-starter, but it allows the opposition to register their joint protest against the CEC.