Hyderabad, June 10 -- High Court advocate Karuna Sagar on Wednesday defended the rejection of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination, alleging that she had suppressed information about a pending criminal case in her election affidavit.

Speaking to ANI, Sagar said the Returning Officer acted in accordance with the law while rejecting Natarajan's nomination, alleging that Natarajan had suppressed details of a pending criminal case against her in the Hyderabad Nampally Criminal Court in her nomination papers and affidavit.

"The Returning Officer who rejected the nomination of Meenakshi Natarajan for the post of MP Rajya Sabha has acted as per law. The reason is that Meenakshi Natarajan, in her nomination under Form...