{
  "id": 17538785,
  "title": "Meira Kumar declares CEC Gyanesh Kumar ‘unfit’ from chair once used by Nehru",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/meira-kumar-declares-cec-gyanesh-kumar-unfit-from-chair-once-used-by",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-01T05:28:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/it-was-nehru-jis-chair-cong-reveals-significance-of-seat-used-by-meira-kumar-during-cecs-public-impeachment/articleshow/135418725.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar presided over a symbolic \"public impeachment\" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday, utilizing a chair that once belonged to India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The event, organized by the India bloc, took place at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. Pawan Khera, the Congress media and publicity department head, shared the information on X, explaining that the chair has witnessed consequential decisions in the nation's history. Meira Kumar pronounced Gyanesh Kumar \"unfit to continue as the Chief Election Commissioner of India\" during the proceedings, accusing him of facilitating the deletion of voters' names from electoral rolls. The opposition demanded that he be tried in court for treason and jailed. The resolution was unanimously adopted by the opposition MPs and civil society representatives present.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "INDIA bloc postpones ‘public impeachment’ of CEC Gyanesh Kumar due to rain; to hold meeting on Saturday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/india-bloc-postpones-public-impeachment-of-cec-gyanesh-kumar-due-to-17211561",
        "published": "2026-10-30T09:34:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}