New Delhi, June 11 -- Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari on Thursday raised strong concerns over what he termed as threats to the Constitution and alleged irregularities in the rejection of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha nomination.

Reacting to the issue on the sidelines of the AICC organisational meeting in Delhi, Patwari alleged that the decision of the Returning Officer was influenced under pressure and demanded judicial scrutiny.

"The repeated apprehension that the Constitution is in danger. An individual affiliated with the Sangh assumed the role of Returning Officer and committed an act of extreme injustice making a decision under political pressure," Patwari said.

He further expressed confidence in...