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A total of 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed notices seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, a source has said. According to the source, the notice is likely to be submitted in at least one House on Friday (March 13, 2026), not clear which.

An Opposition leader, meanwhile, said MPs have shown great enthusiasm in signing the notice, and several lawmakers came forward to sign the notice on Thursday (March 12) as well, even as the requisite numbers had already been achieved. According to rules, at least 100 MPs must sign a notice seeking the removal of the CEC in the Lok Sabha, and the required strength in the Rajya Sabha is 50.

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The notice has been signed by members from all INDIA Bloc parties, the source said. MPs from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is no longer officially part of the bloc, have also signed the notice, another source said. This is the first time a notice has been given seeking the removal of the CEC. According to a highly placed source, seven charges are listed against the CEC in the notice, ranging from “partisan and discriminatory conduct in office” to “deliberate obstruction of investigation of electoral fraud” and “mass disenfranchisement”. PTI

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193 opposition MPs sign notice seeking motion for CEC's removal
A total of 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed notices seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, a source has said.
According to the source, the notice is likely to be submitted in at least one House on Friday, not clear which. An Opposition leader, meanwhile, said MPs have shown great enthusiasm in signing the notice, and several lawmakers came forward to sign the notice on Thursday (March 12, 2026) as well, even as the requisite numbers had already been achieved.
- PTI
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Detailed scrutiny of Ministries is done in the Budget session of Parliament, where the Rajya Sabha discusses “working” of the Ministries, while the Lok Sabha exercises its financial oversight through examination and voting on Demands for Grants, where each Ministry’s proposed expenditure for the coming financial year is debated and put to vote.
- PTI

Published - March 13, 2026 09:05 am IST

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