Undeterred by the rejection of earlier notices, the Opposition is planning a fresh move to seek the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, sources said on Saturday.Leaders from several opposition parties are in talks, and at least five senior MPs from different parties, including the Congress, TMC, Samajwadi Party and the DMK, are working on drafting a new notice to initiate removal proceedings, the sources have said.It has, however, not yet been decided which House the notice will be moved in, or whether it will be introduced in both Houses as done last time, the sources added.Buoyed by the defeat of The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha on Friday, opposition leaders are aiming to secure more MPs’ signatures on the notice and are looking at garnering at least 200, the source said.“We want to make a statement. We first need to prove that the number last time was underestimated,” a source added.In its earlier notices, the Opposition had accused CEC Kumar of “failing to maintain independence and constitutional fidelity” and acting under the “thumb of the executive”.The notices levelled sweeping charges against the CEC, alleging “proved misbehaviour” on grounds including a compromised and executive-influenced appointment, partisan functioning — such as the alleged “graded response” doctrine targeting opposition leaders — obstruction of electoral fraud investigations, and erosion of transparency through refusal to share data and materials.They further accused him of enabling large-scale disenfranchisement via special intensive revision (SIR) exercises in Bihar and elsewhere, defying or delaying compliance with Supreme Court directions, and acting in alignment with the political executive, thereby undermining the independence of the Election Commission.However, in almost similar responses, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan rejected the notices, holding that even if the allegations were assumed to be true, they did not meet the high constitutional threshold of “misbehaviour” required for removal.