K News Desktop- A big political development has come to light in the Parliament regarding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from the post. Opposition parties led by Trinamool Congress have submitted notices in both houses of Parliament to bring impeachment motion against him. This proposal is said to have signatures of about 190 opposition MPs.
According to sources, in the notice given by the opposition, seven serious allegations have been made against the Chief Election Commissioner. These include allegations such as depriving voters of their voting rights, biased behavior towards political parties and influencing electoral processes. Opposition parties say that many such decisions were taken in the functioning of the Election Commission, which have raised questions on the democratic process.
The proposal has been prepared primarily by opposition MPs led by the All India Trinamool Congress and has been submitted to both houses of Parliament—Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The opposition wants that a joint inquiry committee should be formed to consider this proposal, which should include MPs from both the houses and a detailed investigation should be done into the allegations.
The notice alleges that the way the process of ‘Special Intensive Revision’ (SIR) related to the voter list in Bihar was handled, the rights of a large number of voters were affected. Apart from this, the opposition alleges that in some cases the behavior of the Chief Election Commissioner was inappropriate with the representatives of political parties and he ignored the Constitution and established rules.
Opposition parties also claim that an attempt was made to benefit the ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party through some decisions of the Election Commission. In particular, the opposition has raised questions regarding the ‘special intensive revision’ of the voter list and has called it a step that affects the democratic process.
According to the constitutional provisions, to remove the Chief Election Commissioner from the post, the process of impeachment has to be adopted in the Parliament. For this, signatures of at least 100 MPs of Lok Sabha and 50 MPs of Rajya Sabha are required. The motion is then introduced in the House and requires a special majority to pass. That is, majority of the total membership of the House and two-thirds support of the members present and voting is required.
If this proposal moves forward and is introduced in the House, it will be considered an important event in Indian democratic history. Now the focus is on what process will proceed on this notice in Parliament and whether any committee is formed to investigate the allegations or not.
On the other hand, no official response has come yet from the Election Commission on this matter. The discussion regarding this issue has intensified in political circles and a heated debate can be seen in the Parliament in the coming days.
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