With Nine Charges, 73 Opposition MPs Move Fresh Notice in Rajya Sabha to Remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar |
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New Delhi: From “partisan asymmetry” in enforcing the Model Code of Conduct to “public denunciation of a recognised political party on the official social media handle of the Election Commission of India” to “disenfranchisement” of voters and the faulty Special Intensive Revision (SIR) framework being duplicated – a total of 73 members of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha have submitted a fresh notice seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar alleging proven misbehaviour.
The Wire has learnt that the notice submitted to the Rajya Sabha secretary general on Friday (April 24) includes nine charges.
“73 Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha have just submitted to its Secretary General a fresh 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, on the ground of proven misbehaviour constituted by acts and omissions committed on and after 15 March 2026, within the meaning of Article 324 (5) of the Constitution of India read with Article 124(4) thereof, Section 11(2) of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and........