‘Fighting our battle…’: Congress’ Meenakshi Natarajan hopeful of ECI relief after rejection of her RS nomination
"The Election Commission has heard our case today, and now we are waiting. We are in our fight," Natarajan told reporters in Delhi.
"The Election Commission has heard our case today, and now we are waiting. We are in our fight," Natarajan told reporters in Delhi.
After meeting Election Commission officials, Meenakshi Natarajan said the Congress would continue its challenge through constitutional channels while seeking reversal of her rejected Rajya Sabha nomination.
With Rajya Sabha polling days away, the Congress has mounted a legal and political challenge against the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination papers in Madhya Pradesh.
The Youth Congress workers gathered outside the MP Congress Headquarters and raised slogans against the BJP alleging high-handed behaviour and undue pressure by the ruling party in the decision by the Returning Officer to cancel Natarajan’s nomination.
According to the returning officer, Natarajan failed to mention a court case in Form 26 (the affidavit), thereby submitting an incomplete affidavit.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday sounded alarm over what he described as a deepening economic crisis in India, blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “surrendering India’s future.”
Addressing reporters, Vijay Wadettiwar alleged that the state government led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was hesitant to act against certain officials due to their alleged association with Kharat.
Senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his perceived silence on the Sabarimala temple issue, alleging a tacit alliance between the BJP and the CPI(M)-led LDF ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday pushed back against allegations that the Indian National Congress supports religious appeasement, after party members were criticised in the Rajya Sabha over their stance on reservations for Muslims based on backwardness.
Rajasthan Minister of State (MoS) for Home Jawahar Singh Bedam has strongly refuted Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra's claim of nine custodial deaths due to third-degree torture by police.
