New Delhi, June 9 -- Several Congress leaders, including Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, on Tuesday slammed the BJP over the rejection of nomination papers of party candidate Meenakshi Natarajan for the Rajya Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh.

Reddy alleged that BJP is resorting to "seat chori" after "vote chori and SIR".

He said rejection of Natarajan's candidature amounts to an assault on democracy.

"I condemn the conspiracy by the BJP in Madhya Pradesh which resulted in the rejection of Ms Meenakshi Natarajanji's Rajya Sabha nomination. After #VoteChori and #SIR , they are now resorting to Seat Chori," he said in a post on X.

"This is an assault on democracy. People's voices are being stifled. This is a dark day for Indian de...