India, April 7 -- Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla rejected on Monday notices by opposition parties seeking the removal of chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in both Houses, bringing to an end the first-ever attempt in Parliament to remove the CEC.

In a communique issued on Monday, the Rajya Sabha secretariat said after "careful and objective assessment of all relevant aspects and issues involved, the Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha, in exercise of the powers vested to him under section 3 of the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, has refused to admit the said notice of motion."

A Lok Sabha bulletin issued on Monday evening said, "Members are informed that a notice of Motion dated the 12th March, 2...