Gyanesh must face treason trial Kharge lists charges at mock impeachment event. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused CEC Gyanesh Kumar of acting at the behest of PM Modi and Amit Shah, facilitating alleged vote theft, and said he should be tried for treason during. During the mock parliament held by INDIA bloc to publicly impeach Gyanesh Kumar, Kharge accused the CEC of being part of a “conspiracy orchestrated by the BJP”.