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New Delhi: The opposition is planning to submit a fresh impeachment notice against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, The Wire has learnt.

It is planning to submit the notice over the next ten to 15 days. This would be the third such notice the opposition will submit against Kumar. Its last notice, given in the Rajya Sabha in April and signed by 73 MPs, is still pending.

That notice was given after two separate notices submitted in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on March 12, which accused Kumar of “misbehaviour”, were rejected on April 6. The notice in the upper house was signed by 63 MPs, while the one in the Lok Sabha was signed by 130 MPs.

The opposition’s latest plan comes as the Election Commission (EC) faces heightened scrutiny........

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