Rajya Sabha polls: Congress delegation meets ECI over rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination

Published 10 June 2026 · local

A Congress delegation, including general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal and candidate Meenakshi Natarajan met with the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday (June 10

A Congress delegation, including general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal and candidate Meenakshi Natarajan met with the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday (June 10, 2026). Also read | Rajya Sabha polls: Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination rejected amid chaos in Madhya Pradesh The delegation also included Abhishek Singhvi, Jairam Ramesh, Bhupesh Baghel, Deepa Dasmunshi, and Randeep Surjewala besides Mr. Venugopal.

“Briefing reporters, Mr. Singhvi said, ‘All that Ms. Natarajan received was a notice from a court, on a private complaint, [asking] why cognisance shouldn’t be taken.” He said there is no criminal case at all, and the Returning Officer in Madhya Pradesh erroneously claimed it to be a criminal case. “It’s a mistake where two plus two is added to make seven,” Mr. Singhvi said, adding that if at all the court takes cognisance, then the court will have to frame charges and at that stage, Ms. Natarajan will have to mention the case in her affidavit.

Singhvi argued before the Commission that it has a reservoir of powers to correct a wrong decision and requested that the order of rejection be withdrawn. Meanwhile, Mr. Venugopal posted on X

that an urgent meeting of Congress general secretaries and in-charges has been convened by party president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi on Thursday (June 11, 2026), in view of the current political developments.

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