Lok Sabha Speaker, Rajya Sabha chairman reject impeachment movement towards ballot physique chief Gyanesh Kumar | India Information

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected the impeachment movement towards the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, who has been dealing with opposition’s warmth over the pan-India Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) and the “conduct” of the latest meeting polls.A separate notification from the Lok Sabha Secretary Common stated a discover of Movement dated March 12, 2026 signed by 130 Members of Lok Sabha underneath Article 324(5) of the Structure, learn with Article 124(4) thereof, Part 11(2) of the Chief Election Commissioner and Different Election Commissioners (Appointment, Circumstances of Service and Time period of Workplace) Act, 2023 and the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, was submitted to the Speaker, searching for the elimination of Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner.“After due consideration of the discover of Movement and a cautious and goal evaluation of all related features and points concerned therein, the Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, in train of the powers vested to him underneath Part 3 of the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, has refused to confess the stated discover of Movement,” it stated.It was the primary time a discover was given searching for elimination of the ballot physique chief, with 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha members signing the movement.The ten-page-long discover carried a chargesheet on seven counts. The costs ranged from partisan conduct of the CEC to mass disenfranchisement of voters.The opposition had additionally raised the difficulty of the way in which the CEC dealt with SIR in earlier elections like Bihar and forthcoming elections in states like West Bengal; his “proved misbehaviour”; his partial conduct in the direction of a political occasion are additionally points that discover a point out within the discover.The discover for elimination of the CEC, piloted by TMC, got here after rising accusations from opposition events towards Gyanesh Kumar.They accused the CEC of bias and finishing up the continued Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) train in an arbitrary method in a bid to help the BJP.West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has been main protests over the SIR course of in her state. Different opposition events too have been attacking the CEC, with Rahul Gandhi steering the “vote chori” marketing campaign.Reacting to the rejection of the discover, TMC’s Rajya Sabha member stated: “BJP hold mocking our nice Parliament”.BJP leaders had criticised the opposition’s proposal, arguing that political events ought to concentrate on electoral contests as an alternative of concentrating on the Election Fee.The movement, which stands rejected, required to be handed in Parliament by a particular majority, in line with parliamentary provisions.