New Delhi, April 24 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said that seventy-three opposition Rajya Sabha MPs submitted a fresh notice to the Rajya Sabha secretariat seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

In a post on X, Ramesh stated that the notice signed by 73 MPs for the removal of the CEC on the grounds of "proven misbehaviour" was moved under Article 324(5) read with Article 124(4) of the Constitution, along with Section 11(2) of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, and the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.

He said that nine specific charges against the CEC have been documented in detail in the notice submi...