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A time aft the information of Meenakshi Natarajan, the Congress campaigner for 1 of 3 Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh going to canvass connected June 18, was rejected during scrutiny, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said leaders of the Opposition enactment “eyeing the seat” for themselves were down the alleged irregularities successful her information form.
The Congress, however, alleged that Ms. Natarajan’s information was rejected arsenic portion of a “premeditated conspiracy” and each its 62 MLAs would telephone connected President Droupadi Murmu successful Delhi connected Friday to question her involution successful the matter.
Ms. Natarajan’s information was rejected by Assembly Secretary Arvind Sharma, Returning Officer for the election, based connected an objection raised by the BJP campaigner for the 3rd seat, Mahesh Kewat, and State enactment wide caput Rahul Kothari. They alleged that the Congress nominee had “hidden” details of a lawsuit filed against her successful Telangana. Mr. Kewat is present acceptable to triumph unopposed, ensuring triumph for the BJP successful each 3 seats.
“The Congress made the mistake successful their candidate’s signifier deliberately owed to fearfulness of losing. Many Congress leaders were eyeing the [Rajya Sabha] seat, but erstwhile they did not get nominated, they spoilt the crippled [for Ms. Natarajan],” Mr. Yadav said.
The CM besides accused the Congress of “not trusting” its ain MLAs pursuing attempts by the enactment to determination them to Bengaluru implicit fears of cross-voting. “The Congress present needs to introspect,” helium said.
State BJP president Hemant Khandelwal besides took a excavation astatine the Congress, claiming that infighting led to the rejection of Ms. Natarajan’s nomination. “Ghar ka Lanka dhaye (An insider brings down a kingdom). We were getting each the accusation from them [Congress insiders] from clip to time,” helium alleged.
Meanwhile, respective elder Congress leaders and MLAs accused the Returning Officer of “bias” and staged a day-long hunger onslaught adjacent the State Election Commission’s bureau successful Bhopal. State Congress president Jitu Patwari said the enactment has approached the Election Commission of India and volition besides determination the Supreme Court to situation the rejection of Ms. Natarajan’s nomination.
Announcing a Statewide protestation implicit the issue, Mr. Patwari said enactment workers volition gherao the CM’s location successful Bhopal and BJP offices successful each districts. “We volition exposure the existent look of the BJP successful each colony and household,” helium said.
Speaking to The Hindu, J.P. Dhanopia, ineligible compartment in-charge of the State Congress, said the FIR lodged successful Telangana was not a transgression lawsuit and that nary charges had been framed against Ms. Natararjan.
