Bangkok ( CNN ) -- Ousted Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra faces impeachment by the country 's Senate , following her indictment by an anti-corruption body the day after a top court removed her from office . Members of the National Anti-Corruption Committee unanimously decided to indict Yingluck for dereliction of duty over her government 's controversial rice subsidy scheme , NACC member Wicha Mahakun told reporters in Bangkok Thursday . The Senate will now vote on whether to impeach her . Asked how the 46-year-old could be impeached when she had already been dismissed from the premiership , Wicha said the case still needed to be reviewed by the Senate , as Yingluck could be banned from holding political office for five years if impeached . Analysts had speculated that Yingluck 's replacement as caretaker prime minister , Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan , may also be implicated in the affair , but Wicha did not announce any measures against the new premier . An NACC committee was also considering whether to file criminal charges against Yingluck , but had not yet found sufficient evidence , he said . The program , introduced in 2011 , pledged to pay farmers well above the market rate for their rice , but has run into financial problems . Critics say it has wasted large amounts of public funds trying to please rural voters , hurting exports and leaving the government with large stockpiles of rice it ca n't sell without losing money . Yingluck has previously said she was only in charge of developing policy around the scheme , not its day-to-day implementation , accusing the commission of unfair treatment . READ MORE : Yingluck denies corruption allegations over rice program . 'Political freefall ' The news broke as both sides of Thailand 's political divide are vowing mass rallies in Bangkok in the wake of the former prime minister 's ousting , with analysts warning the country faces `` political freefall '' and the potential resumption of violent clashes . As tensions and rhetoric escalated Thursday , officials confirmed a grenade had been thrown at the house of one of the Constitutional Court judges whose ruling Wednesday forced Yingluck Shinawatra and nine cabinet ministers from office , in what her supporters see as a `` judicial coup . '' Lt. Gen. Paradon Patthanathabut , security advisor to the Prime Minister , said nobody was hurt in the early morning attack on the home of judge Jumpot Kaimook . `` It landed on his garage , '' he said . The court removed Yingluck , who was elected in 2011 and had been serving as caretaker prime minister until elections could be held , after finding her guilty of violating the country 's constitution for reassigning a senior security official in 2011 . The official was replaced by the then national police chief , whose role in turn was given to Priewpan Damapong , a relative of Yingluck . Damapong is the brother of the ex-wife of Thaksin Shinawatra , Yingluck 's brother who was overthrown as prime minister in a military coup in 2006 and has since lived in self-imposed exile to avoid a corruption conviction . 'Polarization to intensify ' The dismissal of Yingluck , who has been replaced by Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong , has deepened Thailand 's protracted political crisis , which has occasionally spilled over into deadly violence . Analysts say the move has heightened the risk of clashes between opposing camps , and made near-term compromise solutions unlikely . `` The post-Yingluck polarization is likely to deepen and intensify , '' said Thitinan Pongsudhirak , political scientist at Chulalongkorn University . `` We are now looking at a political freefall ... Much worse looks likely in the near term , before we can hope for improved circumstances in the longer term . '' Analyst Paul Quaglia , director at PQA Associates , a Bangkok-based risk assessment firm , said the court 's removal of an elected prime minister on what he described as `` fairly weak '' grounds was viewed by the government 's supporters as a case of politically motivated judicial overreach . `` They consider it a way to usurp democratic elections , '' he said . Yingluck is the third Thaksin-linked prime minister to be dismissed by the Constitutional Court , which also dissolved Thaksin 's Thai Rak Thai political party in 2007 , raising suspicions among government supporters that the institution was biased against them . Thitinan said the appointment as caretaker prime minister of Niwatthamrong , seen as closely affiliated to Yingluck and her brother , was poor judgment , especially when another deputy prime minister , Pongthep Thepkanchana , would have been a more acceptable compromise candidate . `` He lacks the stature and networks to see through an interim caretaker administration , '' he said . `` Nevertheless , no matter who comes in as the new caretaker , the tensions will mount . '' Widening divide . Thailand 's widening political divide pits anti-government , predominantly urban `` yellow shirt '' protesters against the pro-government , mainly rural and working class `` red shirts . '' The yellow shirts , drawn mainly from Bangkok 's middle class , royalist establishment , allege that Yingluck is her brother 's puppet and seek to rid Thai politics of her family 's influence . Led by the People 's Democratic Reform Committee ( PDRC ) , they began their protests in November , outraged by her government 's botched attempt to pass an amnesty bill that would have paved the way for the return of Thaksin to the political fray in earnest . Parliament was then dissolved in December ahead of a February general election that was disrupted by anti-government protesters , and subsequently ruled invalid by the Constitutional Court . The yellow shirts are seeking a new government -- but not through elections , which the opposition Democrat Party has boycotted , arguing the alleged corruption of their political rivals makes widespread reform necessary before any meaningful vote can be held . `` They claim the Thaksin clan as they call ( it ) is corrupt and has dominated the country 's politics , and the only way forward is to remove the Thaksin influence from politics and not have elections , '' said Quaglia . PDRC leader Suthep Thaugsuban , a former deputy prime minister for the Democrat Party , has instead called for power to be transferred to an unelected `` people 's council . '' But Quaglia said the opposition 's real motivation for avoiding elections was clear . `` The Democrat Party say 'No , we ca n't have elections , ' because they know they will lose those elections . '' In contrast , the red shirt supporters of Yingluck and her brother , many of whom hail the north and northeast of the country , accuse the court of bias against their side . Hundreds of protesters from the anti-government PDRC gathered in Bangkok Thursday as they have for six months , calling on supporters to join them for a mass rally Friday to push for a new government . PDRC spokesman Akanat Phrompan told CNN his movement did not recognize the legitimacy of the caretaker government . `` Currently there is no government to govern this country , so we must find a way to appoint a new government . '' 'Breaking point ' Meanwhile , the red shirts are planning their own rally in Bangkok Saturday to protest what Quaglia said they saw as `` a judicial coup . '' In the wake of the court 's ruling Wednesday , supporters at the red shirts ' Bangkok headquarters were defiant . `` This is the breaking point now , everything is leading up to the breaking point , '' Kanthira Ketawandee , a Bangkok piano teacher and Yingluck supporter , told CNN . `` I would say Yingluck has died ( in ) her duty for democracy . '' Thida Thavornset , a red shirt leader , urged supporters to join Saturday 's rally . `` We wo n't give up until we win . '' Elections are scheduled for July 20 , but Thitinan said he believed it was `` unlikely '' that a vote would proceed in the wake of recent developments . `` The PDRC appears intent on pressing on for an appointment government of its preference , which can only galvanize red shirt protests , '' he said . `` A showdown is looming . ''
Ousted Thai PM Yingluck Win will face impeachment proceedings . Yingluck was dismissed by a judge Wednesday over reassigning a security official . Reports warn of a potential resumption of political violence in response to the tensions . A grenade was thrown at the house of a judge who dismissed Yingluck ; nobody was injured .