Rajya Sabha Speaker Rejects CEC Removal Motion | Parliament News Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan have rejected a motion to remove Chief Election Commissioner Jnanesh Kumar from his post. The motion, which had garnered support from 193 opposition members of parliament (130 in Lok Sabha and 63 in Rajya Sabha), was dismissed on legal and constitutional grounds. The decision means the process to remove the CEC cannot proceed further unless a new initiative aligns with constitutional provisions. The motion was based on allegations that the CEC, Jnanesh Kumar, has been favoring the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in various electoral processes, particularly the Special Intensive Review (SIR) mechanism for scrutinizing voter lists. Opposition parties argued that this process was being used to benefit the central government, with specific concerns raised about its impact in West Bengal. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Election Commission of removing genuine voters from the electoral rolls. The rejection of the motion followed a legal review under Section 3 of the Judicial Inquiry Act, 1968. According to the law, an inquiry committee can only be formed if both houses of parliament approve the motion. The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha speakers emphasized that the existing legal framework does not permit the removal of the CEC without adherence to constitutional procedures. The motion required a minimum of 100 signatures in Lok Sabha and 50 in Rajya Sabha to proceed. The opposition, led by the Indian National Developmental Progressive Alliance (INDIA) bloc, had collaborated to meet these thresholds. This marked the first time a motion to remove the CEC had been tabled.#bharatiya_janata_party #rajya_sabha_speaker #lok_sabha_speaker #chief_election_commissioner #west_bengal_chief_minister
