What next for Meenakshi Natarajan? The law on criminal record disclosure in elections
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The Supreme Court on June 12 declined to come to the rescue of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan, who was prevented from contesting the Rajya Sabha elections due to non-disclosure of a private criminal complaint that was pending against her before a Hyderabad court.Following the rejection of Natarajan’s nomination papers by the returning officer, three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates were elected unopposed to vacant Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. Natarajan can challenge the BJP c