Bhopal, June 10 -- MLAs, leaders, and workers of the Congress sat on a day-long hunger strike on Wednesday outside the Election Commission (EC) Office in Bhopal to protest the rejection of the party's Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination form.
Alleging dual standards by the EC in similar cases, MP Women Congress Chief Reena Borasi said that the EC has given time to reply till 1 pm on Thursday to an independent candidate supported by the BJP in Jharkhand after the Congress lodged a complaint. Borasi charged that in a similar matter in Madhya Pradesh, Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination was rejected within two hours.
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