No Leader Error When Removing Nodes from Cluster

Have been using this command to remove a meta-node,

$ influxd-ctl remove-meta -force -tcpAddr CHI1:8091 CHI1:8091

But it always shows a “No Leader” error as below:

Remove CHI1-LApp2327:8091 from the cluster [y/N]: y
y

2020-01-18T08:46:38.327012Z info Meta client error {“log_id”: “0KPyAExW001”, “error”: “no leader”, “retrying_after”: “20.000ms”}
2020-01-18T08:46:38.347472Z info Meta client error {“log_id”: “0KPyAExW001”, “error”: “no leader”, “retrying_after”: “333.333ms”}
2020-01-18T08:46:38.681189Z info Meta client error {“log_id”: “0KPyAExW001”, “error”: “no leader”, “retrying_after”: “333.333ms”}
2020-01-18T08:46:39.014853Z info Meta client error {“log_id”: “0KPyAExW001”, “error”: “no leader”, “retrying_after”: “333.333ms”}
remove-meta: operation timed out with error: no leader

Any help will be highly appreciated