Congress delegation to meet EC over rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's RS nomination

NEW DELHI: A Congress delegation is likely to meet the Election Commission on Wednesday over the rejection of party candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination for the June 18 Rajya Sabha polls.

The party had sought time from the Election Commission (EC), and the meeting has now been scheduled for 12 noon on Wednesday, sources said.

The poll authority has written to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, inviting a party delegation to discuss the rejection of Natarajan’s nomination, they said.

The upcoming elections to three Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh took a dramatic turn in Bhopal on Tuesday, as the nomination of Natarajan was rejected on charges of concealing information about a case in her affidavit.

"The returning officer has rejected Natarajan's nomination on the grounds of hiding information about a case," an MP Assembly official told PTI.

A complaint was submitted by the BJP's Rajya Sabha candidate Mahesh Kewat to the returning officer, alleging that Natarajan deliberately hid information about a case filed against her in Telangana.

Sanket Gupta, the lawyer representing Kewat, told reporters that a criminal case is pending against Natarajan in a Telangana court, which has not been mentioned in her affidavit.