Congress to move Supreme Court against rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination
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Senior leaders Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who led the party’s legal arguments before the Election Commission, said the Congress had demonstrated that the Returning Officer’s decision was legally untenable and urged the ECI to reverse the decision
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Source The Hindu - National
Published Thursday, 11 June 2026
Affected Population 1.4 billion consumers, 300 million without reliable power
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500 GW non-fossil fuel capacity target by 2030
Saubhagya: 100% household electrification
175 GW renewable energy installed (2025)
20 million central + state government employees
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NDA III BJP-led NDA
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Description Thursday, 11 June 2026 via hindustan_times
Natrajan’s nomination was rejected after BJP leaders filed an objection, alleging she had concealed details of a pending case in her election affidavit.
Description Thursday, 11 June 2026 via barandbench
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list tomorrow the petition filed by Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan against the rejection of her Rajya Sabha nomination from Madhya PradeshThe matter was mentioned before a bench of Justice PK Mishra and Justice Atul Chandurkar by Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi who urged the Court to list the matter on Friday and stay the declaration of results.However, the Court questioned the maintainability of the plea."Is this maintainable," Justice Mishra a
Description Thursday, 11 June 2026 via the_hindu_policy
It says it will fight the rejection of candidate’s papers legally and politically; party plans nation-wide agitation on inflation, unemployment, NEET paper leak, CBSE OSM row among others issues
Description Friday, 12 June 2026 via the_hindu_policy
The rejection of the papers of the Congress Rajya Sabha candidate is fraudulent