Overview
- Notices seeking the Chief Election Commissioner's removal were submitted in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, with 130 Lok Sabha and 63 Rajya Sabha signatories in a first-of-its-kind move.
- Trinamool Congress led the push with backing across the INDIA bloc, and Aam Aadmi Party lawmakers and some independents also signed.
- The notice lists seven allegations, including partisan and discriminatory conduct, obstruction of probes into electoral fraud, and mass disenfranchisement tied to voter-roll revisions.
- Complaints center on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with West Bengal highlighted as a flashpoint and Mamata Banerjee alleging deletion of genuine voters.
- Under Article 324(5) and the Judges (Inquiry) Act, any removal would require admission in both Houses, a three-member inquiry committee, and special-majority votes, a difficult threshold given the ruling alliance’s strength.