India's CEC Impeachment Motion Rejected

India===Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and India===Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan rejected separate notices from the opposition to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The opposition, including the India===Indian National Congress and India===Trinamool Congress, had submitted notices listing seven charges against Gyanesh Kumar, such as alleged 'partisan and discriminatory conduct in office' and 'deliberate obstruction of investigation of electoral fraud.' Both presiding officers refused to admit the notices after due consideration, citing powers under Section 3 of the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968. This marks the first time such a motion was moved against a sitting Chief Election Commissioner in India. The rejection drew sharp criticism from opposition leaders, who accused the India===Bharatiya Janata Party of mocking Parliament and alluded to the resignation of former India===Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.