MP Congress RS candidate’s nomination rejected; ‘seat theft’, alleges Cong

BHOPAL, June 9: The upcoming elections to three Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh took a dramatic turn on Tuesday with the nomination of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan being rejected on charges of concealing information about a case in the affidavit.
“Natarajan’s nomination has been rejected by the Returning Officer on the grounds of hiding information about a case,” an MP Assembly official told PTI.
The Congress sharply criticised the rejection of its candidate’s nomination, dubbing it as an example of “seat theft”.
Senior lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha told PTI Videos, “I have personally examined the nomination papers.
This is no longer a case of vote theft, but rather a case of seat theft.
Democracy has been openly robbed.
You may ask how?
She (Natarajan) had not concealed any information that was required to be declared. No FIR was filed against her.”
A complaint was submitted by BJP candidate Mahesh Kewat, contesting the third Rajya Sabha seat, 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 was pending against Natarajan in a Telangana court and this was not mentioned in her affidavit submitted along with the nomination papers.
He said the Returning Officer rejected her nomination on this basis. State minister Kailash Vijayvargiya called it a “victory for justice” (PTI)