Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday rejected the impeachment motion notice submitted by Opposition members seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.
The motion was signed by 130 members of the Lok Sabha and 63 members of the Rajya Sabha.
The notice, filed in the Lok Sabha on March 12, 2026, invoked Article 324(5) read with Article 124(4) of the Constitution, along with provisions of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, and the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968. It sought the removal of Gyanesh Kumar and was submitted to the Speaker.
A similar notice was submitted to the Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President on the same day.
According to a Lok Sabha bulletin, the Speaker declined to admit the motion after due consideration. “After careful and objective assessment of all relevant aspects and issues involved, the Speaker, in exercise of the powers vested under Section 3 of the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, has refused to admit the notice of motion,” it said.
A Rajya Sabha bulletin conveyed a similar decision, stating that the Chairman also refused to admit the motion after due consideration and evaluation, exercising powers under the same provision.
-ANI
