Cong leader's nomination from MP cancelled ahead of RS polls
Bhopal, June 10 -- The nomination of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan for the Rajya Sabha elections was cancelled on Tuesday after objections that she failed to disclose a court summons issued in connection with a rape case filed against a Congress leader in Telangana in 2022.
The cancellation, which means that all three BJP candidates from the state go through to the Rajya Sabha, came even as the Congress was taking precautionary measures to protect its flock amidst speculation that Natarajan was not the state unit's choice and that some legislators could vote across party lines against her.
The cancellation was strongly protested by the Congress.
"We will not take this daylight robbery of democracy lying down, and will fight this legally as well as politically on the streets tooth-and-nail," said KC Venugopal, general secretary, AICC.P8...
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