India, June 12 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday secured all three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh, after Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination was rejected earlier this week, with the opposition party terming the developments "theft", "hijacking" of the democratic process and "betrayal" of people.

The three BJP nominees were among the 22 candidates who were elected unopposed in the biennial elections.

Following the completion of the nomination withdrawal process, returning officer Arvind Sharma declared BJP nominees Rajneesh Agrawal, Tarun Chugh and Mahesh Kevat elected unopposed from Madhya Pradesh and handed them certificates of election at the assembly complex.

It came on a day the Supreme Court refus...