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Congress to mount legal, political battle over rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination

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Congress to mount legal, political battle over rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination

Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Thursday (June 11, 2026) said it would challenge the rejection of its Madhya Pradesh candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha election legally and politically. It also announced a nation-wide campaign on issues such as inflation, unemployment, the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate)…

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Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha row: Democratic values being ‘killed under pressure’, says Amit Chavda

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Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha row: Democratic values being ‘killed under pressure’, says Amit Chavda

Amit Chavda. File photo: X/@AmitChavdaINC The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is resorting to every possible tactic to suppress democracy and stifle the voice of the Opposition, said Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Amit Chavda. Reacting to the rejection of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination papers in Madhya Pradesh, he said the decision…

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Rajya Sabha polls: Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination rejected; party delegation to meet ECI

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Rajya Sabha polls: Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination rejected; party delegation to meet ECI

A dramatic day of political developments in Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal, that began with several Congress MLAs heading to the airport to leave for Bengaluru, ended with the nomination of Meenakshi Natarajan, the party candidate for one of three Rajya Sabha seats from the State, being rejected during scrutiny. This prompted top Congress leaders, led…

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CPI(M) objects to Praveen Chakravarty’s claim of party backing his Rajya Sabha nomination

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CPI(M) objects to Praveen Chakravarty’s claim of party backing his Rajya Sabha nomination

Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary P. Shanmugam. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam In a blow to the Congress, CPI(M) State secretary P. Shanmugam on Friday (June 5, 2026) objected to the national party’s Rajya Sabha candidate Praveen Chakravarty claiming that he had been nominated as the candidate of an alliance comprising…

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Elections To 12 Rajya Sabha Seats From 9 States On September 3: Poll Body

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Elections To 12 Rajya Sabha Seats From 9 States On September 3: Poll Body

The notification for the Rajya Sabha elections will be issued on August 14 (Representational) New Delhi: Elections to 12 vacant Rajya Sabha seats in nine states will be held on September 3, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. Ten Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant as the sitting members, including Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Sarbananda Sonowal…

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