Rajya Sabha Pick Meenakshi Natarajan's Nomination Junked, Congress Protests
The Congress, busy protecting its Madhya Pradesh MLAs from BJP overtures ahead of the Rajya Sabha election, ended up barred from the contest today. The Election Commission rejected the application of Meenakshi Natarajan following complaints that she had not disclosed the details of a case against her in her nomination papers.
The MLAs, who were waiting to take a flight to Bengaluru, meanwhile, got called back when Natarajan's nomination was rejected. Sources said the flight was recalled from the runway.
