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CPI(M) plans impeachment motion against CJI
Context
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said here on Tuesday that the party was trying to build a consensus on moving an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in the budget session of Parliament.
Yechury says party is in discussion with other Opposition parties on the possibility of moving it in the budget session
Sources say Mr. Yechury has reached out to the Congress and the NCP for now and will speak to others soon. The Congress, however, remains mum on the issue.
‘Preliminary stage’
- Opposition will have enough numbers to get the motion through, he said the discussions had not reached that stage.
- By the rules, signatures of 50 MPs are required to move a motion of impeachment. “Such a motion can’t be moved unless the Congress with its 57 members is too on board.
- Moreover, the CJI is retiring in October. It is a messy process and there is only a bleak chance that we will be successful,” a Trinamool Congress leader said. The party has refused to divulge its position.
