Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan after the party delegation led by party General Secretary KC Venugopal meets the Chief Election Commissioner and other commissioners, in New Delhi on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI A day after the nomination of Meenakshi Natarajan, the Congress candidate for one of three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh going to poll on June 18, was rejected during scrutiny, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said leaders of the Opposition party “eyeing the seat” for themselves were behind the alleged irregularities in her nomination form. The Congress, however, alleged that Ms. Natarajan’s nomination was rejected as part of a “premeditated conspiracy” and all its 62 MLAs would call on President Droupadi Murmu in Delhi on Friday to seek her intervention in the matter. Ms. Natarajan’s nomination was rejected by Assembly Secretary Arvind Sharma, Returning Officer for the election, based on an objection raised by the BJP candidate for the third seat, Mahesh Kewat, and State party general secretary Rahul Kothari. They alleged that the Congress nominee had “hidden” details of …