18 Mar 2024
Neta·ResumeNo SIR figures for Uttarakhand are in the record yet. It is in Phase III of the SIR.
Included in Deccan Herald's Phase III draft tally of 17 States/UTs (1 Sep 2026), but no figure for Uttarakhand on its own is in the record (numbers-phase3-draft-tally-2026-09-01).
In an op-ed, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia argued that Section 18 of the 2023 Act and the 1995 T N Seshan ruling make majority decisions binding, so internal dissent does not undermine the Commission, and cited the Navin Chawla and M S Gill episodes against the Congress.
The investigation's charge is that decisions were taken without the majority's knowledge, not that the majority overruled the CEC; the op-ed does not address that point directly.
Section 18 of the 2023 Act: allocation of work only by unanimous decision; other business unanimously as far as possible, otherwise by majority.
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