New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Hours before the Opposition sought a meeting with President Droupadi Murmu to raise allegations of mass disenfranchisement and demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal, CPI(M) MP John Brittas said the President had forwarded his letter on similar issues to the legislative department for appropriate action. The President informed Brittas his letter, sent last month seeking action against Kumar, had been forwarded to the legislative department with a direction to take appropriate action. Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O'Brien, one of the signatories of the Opposition's letter, told HT, "We have sought a meeting with President Murmu to raise our issues related to SIR and to demand Gyanesh Kumar's removal." The letter also said that the top leaders of the parties in the INDIA bloc and the two Leaders of the Opposition would meet Murmu. Brittas said the President had replied to him. "...I got a reply from Rashtrapati Ji today saying that she has forwarded my letter to the concerned department, the Legislative Department, with a direction to take appropriate action," Brittas said. "The President has responded to a private letter from an MP. That does not prevent or affect the Opposition's meeting with the President," former secretary general of Lok Sabha PDT Achari said. htc...