Parliament Rejects Impeachment of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar:
The impeachment motion against the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar has been rejected by both Houses of Parliament. The decision was taken by the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan after the evaluation. This motion was backed by the Opposition members and they had alleged the bias in electoral processes.The Opposition had submitted several notice in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to seek the removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
This removal motion had substantial backing of the,
130 MPs from Lok Sabha
63 MPs from Rajya Sabha
Despite this efforts both presiding officers have declined to admit the motion.
