New Delhi, March 13 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will move an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in both Houses of Parliament on Friday, sources said.

A total of 128 opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha and 63 MPs in the Rajya Sabha have signed a motion seeking the removal of the CEC Gyanesh Kumar, sources in the Trinamool Congress said yesterday.

The Chief Election Commissioner can be removed only through the same procedure and on the same grounds as a judge of the Supreme Court, as stated in Article 324(5) of the Constitution.

The motion must be signed by 100 members in the Lok Sabha or 50 members in the Rajya Sabha.

Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee said that MPs from Congress, Samajwadi Party, DMK,...