Bhopal, June 9 -- As Congress leaders protested the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections, the Election Commission (EC) announced that it will meet a party delegation on Wednesday.

The Congress leaders called off their protest outside the EC office in New Delhi after Deputy Chief Election Officer (Madhya Pradesh) Sanjay Kumar Shrivastava gave them time to meet the concerned Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).

Speaking to ANI, Shrivastava clarified that the meeting could not take place immediately because the CEO was unwell.

"We have given a time. We will invite the CEO. He has been unwell today, which is why we haven't been able to talk," he said.

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