New Delhi, June 9 -- In a dramatic turn of events, the nomination of the Congress's Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh, Meenakshi Natarajan, was rejected on Tuesday, on charges of concealing information about a case in the affidavit.

"Natarajan's nomination has been rejected by the Returning Officer on the grounds of hiding information about a case," an MP Assembly official told PTI.

A complaint was submitted by BJP candidate Mahesh Kewat, contesting the third Rajya Sabha seat, to the Returning Officer alleging that Natarajan deliberately hid information about a case filed against her in Telangana.

Sanket Gupta, the lawyer representing Kewat, told reporters that a criminal case is pending against Natarajan in a Telangana court a...