25 Sep 2026CLAIMCLAIMSNOT YET CHECKED
BJP's Gaurav Bhatia: majority decisions are lawful; Congress lacks standing
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.
Attributed to Gaurav Bhatia, BJP national spokesperson
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.
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What the record shows: Section 18: unanimity where possible, majority otherwise; work split only unanimously
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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