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Lok Sabha Speaker to examine CEC removal notices under rules

By Drooid · Oct 23, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC · How we work

Center

Impeachment Process Required

Speaker Om Birla said on Oct 22 2026 any notice to remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will be examined under rules.
Opposition parties staged protests demanding Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the Revision of electoral rolls, and announced a Delhi rally on Nov 1.
Birla stressed removal must follow the impeachment process used for Supreme Court judges.
Houses rejected the first notices; a second set pending in the Rajya Sabha.

Right

Committee to Probe Charges

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on October 22, 2026 any notice seeking removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will be examined under parliamentary rules.
If admitted, a three-member committee—including a Supreme Court judge, a high-court chief justice and a jurist—will investigate the charges.
Birla said Constitution mandates CEC removal via same impeachment process as Supreme Court judges.
Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha rejected the opposition’s first removal notices.

Blindspot

Opposition parties have staged nationwide protests demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Right-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

In 1993 the Rajya Sabha voted 146 of 250 members to impeach Supreme Court Justice V. Ramaswami, the first parliamentary removal attempt under Articles 124 and 217, but the Lok Sabha rejected the motion. Today Speaker Om Birla cites that same constitutional process while reviewing opposition petitions to dismiss Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, underscoring how political stalemate can block removals.

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Impeachment Process Required

Speaker Om Birla said on Oct 22 2026 any notice to remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will be examined under rules.
Opposition parties staged protests demanding Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the Revision of electoral rolls, and announced a Delhi rally on Nov 1.
Birla stressed removal must follow the impeachment process used for Supreme Court judges.
Houses rejected the first notices; a second set pending in the Rajya Sabha.

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