Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla have rejected a notice submitted by 193 Opposition MPs across both Houses seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. No specific reasons were cited for the rejection.
The notice, submitted on March 12, was signed by 63 Rajya Sabha members and 130 Lok Sabha members.
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The 10-page document accused the CEC of being “subservient” to the executive and alleged the “wilful and deliberate abuse of power and position of a constitutional office”, among other charges.
While there was no mention of the notice from the Chair of either House during the ongoing Budget session, which will reconvene on April 16, the Secretaries General of both Houses issued bulletins on Monday stating that, “after due consideration” and a “careful and objective assessment of all relevant aspects and issues involved”, the notice had not been admitted.
