New Delhi: The opposition INDIA bloc is planning to move an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, sources said to The Wire.The chief election commissioner, according to the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, “shall not be removed from his office except in like manner and on the like grounds as a Judge of the Supreme Court.”According to The Judges Inquiry Act, 1968, a Supreme Court judge can be removed if an impeachment notice is given in either House of parliament. If the notice is given in the Lok Sabha it needs to be signed by at least 100 members, and if in the Rajya Sabha it needs to be signed by at least 50 MPs. The Speaker or Chairman can then decide whether to admit the motion or refuse to admit it.The decision comes after a meeting of the INDIA bloc MPs today, August 18.This comes a day after the Election Commission held a press conference on allegations of “vote theft” and attacked “a few political parties” for “creating confusion among voters” regarding the ongoing “special intensive revision” (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. Kumar, during the press conference, offered an ultimatum to leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi to apologise or provide an affidavit under oath within seven days, on his allegations of over 1 lakh votes being stolen in Karnataka’s Mahadevpura constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. However, he remained silent on why the poll body is not asking for an oath from BJP MP Anurag Thakur over his allegations of irregularities in voter rolls in Wayanad, Rae Bareli, Kannauj and Diamond Harbour. He also provided no answers on the number of enumeration forms received with the requisite documents in the Bihar SIR, and the number of “illegal immigrants” that were found during the exercise.