India, Sept. 25 -- Opposition parties have started collecting signatures for a fresh notice seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and other Opposition floor leaders are expected to sign it, according to remarks by various party representatives.

Earlier notices against Kumar were signed by Opposition MPs, and these leaders stayed off them because of the positions they hold in the House.

Derek O'Brien, the Trinamool Congress's leader in the Rajya Sabha, said on Thursday the notice would be moved in both Houses of Parliament.

The move follows an Ind...