New Delhi: Ahead of the discussion on the no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla being taken up in the house, opposition parties, in a first, are all set to submit a notice seeking the impeachment of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, The Wire has learnt.A senior Trinamool Congress MP who was closely involved in the planning of the entire exercise said to The Wire that it was “teamwork” and “took two weeks”.The notice is being brought as the party’s leader, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is on a sit-in dharna in Kolkata since March 6 against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. Last month Banerjee who was in New Delhi with families who had been affected by SIR in the state, indicated that the TMC was ready to back any impeachment motion brought against Kumar.Sources said to The Wire on Monday (March 9), that the notice seeking the CEC’s removal is likely to be submitted after the discussion on the no-confidence motion against Birla.In the first half of the Budget session, opposition members submitted a notice to move a no-confidence motion against Birla alleging “the blatantly partisan manner in which he has been conducting the business of the Lok Sabha”. While the TMC had initially not signed on the motion seeking Birla’s removal, it indicated its support on Saturday.The discussion on the motion against Birla however, was not taken up on Monday when the second half of the budget session convened, amid an uproar due to opposition parties demanding a discussion on the ongoing conflict in West Asia.In August, The Wire had reported that opposition parties of the INDIA bloc were mulling an impeachment notice against CEC Kumar after he addressed his press conference in which he denied allegations of vote theft, calling them efforts to “mislead the public” and “disrespect the constitution”.The CEC, 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.