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Kerala Assembly to move resolution seeking CEC removal Monday
The Indian Express··5d ago
Kerala's Congress government will present an Assembly resolution on Monday urging the Union government to remove Gyanesh Kumar as Chief Election Commissioner. Chief Minister V D Satheesan will move it, the Assembly bulletin said. The 140-member House has 102 United Democratic Front MLAs. The resolution also seeks reinstatement of voters removed during Special Intensive Revision.
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What It Means For You
- Monday's session opens the second sitting of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
- The resolution asks for a new panel to pick Election Commissioners including the PM and LoP.
- Eligible voters removed from rolls during SIR could regain rights if demands in the resolution are met.
What's Happening
- Kerala would be the first state Assembly to seek removal of a sitting CEC via resolution.
- Last September the Assembly unanimously opposed rolling out SIR nationwide under the prior LDF government.
- The text cites doubts over the Commission's impartiality without naming specific Kerala roll removals.
CEC selection after 2023 reforms
- The resolution calls for reconstituting the selection committee to include the Chief Justice of India.
- Congress and CPI(M) are both part of the national campaign against the current CEC.
- The BJP holds three seats in the Kerala Assembly.
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