SC to hear Natarajan’s plea against rejection of Rajya Sabha candidature today

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court connected Thursday declined to enactment the declaration of results of Rajya Sabha elections successful Madhya Pradesh, but agreed to perceive connected Friday Congress campaigner Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea challenging rejection of her candidature for non-disclosure of a pending transgression lawsuit against her.It was a hopeless effort by elder advocator A M Singhvi, who appeared for Natarajan, to person a partial moving time seat of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and A S Chandurkar to enactment the declaration of results, but the tribunal said it cannot interfere midway successful an predetermination process and that filing an predetermination petition to situation the predetermination of a campaigner is the lone option.Singhvi sought urgent proceeding and enactment of declaration of results astatine slightest for 24 hours, saying this would facilitate effectual proceeding earlier the tribunal to adjudicate validity of the returning officer’s determination to cull Natarajan’s candidature.The plea for urgent mentioning was opposed by elder advocator Mukul Rohatgi who said the lone enactment unfastened for Natarajan is to record an predetermination petition aft the declaration of results connected Thursday.Meanwhile, calling the rejection of RS information papers of Meenakshi Natarajan “seat chori” by BJP, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi said BJP finds it easier to “fix the predetermination than to triumph it”.Rahul successful a station shared connected X said, “After Vote Chori and Sarkar Chori, the BJP-EC jugalbandi has finished the contention (in MP) earlier it has adjacent begun, with Seat Chori.”