India, April 9 -- Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Wednesday criticised the rejection of the Opposition's notice for moving a motion in Parliament to remove Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar from his post, alleging that the decision undermines constitutional processes and weakens accountability in a democracy.

Addressing a Press conference along with other Opposition leaders, Singhvi said the move to reject the notice at a preliminary stage amounted to "strangulating" the entire impeachment mechanism envisaged in the Constitution.

He was accompanied by Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders Derek O'Brien and Sagarika Ghose, Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Manoj Jha, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Sandeep Pathak, DMK's Yoges...