Bengaluru, June 10 -- Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has alleged that the rejection of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh was part of a "political conspiracy" and amounted to an assault on democracy and constitutional values.

In a post on X on Tuesday, Siddaramaiah criticised the BJP, saying the rejection of Natarajan's nomination reflected the "real condition of democracy" under the Modi government, even as celebrations were held to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming India's longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister.

"It is peak irony that on the day the BJP is celebrating Prime Minister @narendramodi's supposed long stay in power as a coo...