India, June 10 -- Several Opposition leaders trained guns at the BJP on Tuesday amid an escalating controversy over Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha nomination rejection by the Election Commission. While some claimed "conspiracy" behind the move, others gave the poll panel a reminder of times when alleged discrepancies were overlooked.

In a huge setback for Natarajan, who was Congress's sole Rajya Sabha candidate in Madhya Pradesh, her nomination papers were rejected over allegedly failing to disclose a court summons issued to her in 2022.

However, the Congress rubbished claims of any error or non-disclosure as "humbug" and said that Natarajan's Rajya Sabha setback was only an attempt to snatch the party's seat.

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