Om Birla says he will act on any CEC removal notice per rules

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has said he will decide on any notice seeking the removal of the Chief Election Commissioner strictly in accordance with the rules. The remark comes as the Speaker and the Rajya Sabha chairman have previously turned down opposition notices on the matter. Both presiding officers had found that the allegations raised in those notices did not prima facie meet the high constitutional threshold required for removal proceedings. Birla also pointed out that the procedure for removing the Chief Election Commissioner is the same as that for removing a Supreme Court judge.