India, June 12 -- Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday alleged "Seat Chori" by the BJP after the rejection of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election in Madhya Pradesh. He said the party was moving the Supreme Court against the decision.

The Congress has challenged the Returning Officer's decision to reject Natarajan's nomination and announced that it would seek legal recourse against the move. "First there was 'Vote Chori', and now they (BJP) are trying 'Seat Chori' (theft of Rajya Sabha seat)," Kharge, who is the son of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, told reporters here.

Claiming that the law on the issue was clear, Kharge alleged that the rejection reflected the ex...