Opposition parties on Friday submitted notices in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.According to a source, the notice lists seven charges against Kumar, including allegations of partisan and discriminatory conduct in office, deliberate obstruction of investigations into electoral irregularities and actions that allegedly resulted in large-scale voter disenfranchisement.A total of 130 MPs from the Lok Sabha and 63 from the Rajya Sabha have signed the notices, marking the first attempt to remove a serving head of the Election Commission. Among other charges, they accused the CEC of “partisan and discriminatory conduct in office.”An Opposition leader said MPs across parties showed strong interest in signing the notice with several lawmakers adding their signatures even after the required numbers had already been reached.Under parliamentary rules, a notice seeking the removal of the CEC requires the signatures of at least 100 MPs in the Lok Sabha or 50 in the Rajya Sabha. If the notice is admitted, a three-member committee is formed to investigate it. Should the committee find the grounds valid, the motion is taken up for consideration.MPs from parties in the INDIA bloc have signed the notice and lawmakers from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have also supported the move, despite the party no longer being formally part of the alliance.Opposition parties have repeatedly accused the poll panel of favouring the ruling BJP, particularly during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Leaders have claimed that the exercise could influence electoral outcomes.