The INDIA bloc on Saturday held a symbolic “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The proceedings, presided over by former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, were held at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. 

Moving the motion, Kharge accused CEC Kumar of treason, as he read the “charges” against him, and demanded his removal, the repeal of the 2023 law governing the appointment of election commissioners and an end to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).