Jabalpur, Jul 21 Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan on Tuesday filed an election petition in the Madhya Pradesh High Court challenging the rejection of her nomination papers in the last month's Rajya Sabha elections.
The Returning Officer (RO) violated legal provisions by rejecting her nomination on the ground of concealing information about a pending court case, it said.
The petition is expected to come up for hearing this week.
A court in Telangana had issued a summons to her on a woman's complaint which did not contain any specific allegations against Natarajan, the petition said, adding that the summons was issued only because she was named as a respondent.
While rejecting the Congress leader's nomination, the RO stated that she had submitted an incomplete affidavit by not mentioning the complaint pending in the Telangana court against her.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Mahesh Kewat had filed a complaint with the RO in this regard.
Elections were held for three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh in June. The Congress could have won one of the seats, but with Natarajan's nomination getting rejected, the ruling BJP's all three candidates -- Tarun Chugh, Rajneesh Agrawal and Mahesh Kewat -- got elected.
Natarajan filed an appeal before the Election Commission, and after receiving no relief, moved the Supreme Court.
The Apex Court, however, refused to interfere as the election process had started, and said she can file an election petition.
