India, June 9 -- Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan, one of the candidates for the upcoming elections to three Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, faced a setback as her nomination was rejected by the returning officer on Tuesday.

This came after her poll rival, BJP candidate Mahesh Kewat, who is contesting the third Rajya Sabha seat, submitted a complaint to the returning officer claiming Natarajan had deliberately concealed information regarding a case filed against her in Telangana.

Natarajan is a former Member of Parliament (MP), who represented the Mandsaur constituency in Madhya Pradesh from 2009 to 2014, this being her only term in the House.

Natarajan keeps an extremely low profile, and has been considered to be a close aide ...