The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won unopposed the three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh after the rejection of the nomination papers of the Congress party's sole nominee, Meenakshi Natarajan.
The returning officer handed over election certificates to BJP candidates Rajneesh Agrawal, Tarun Chugh, and Mahesh Kevat after the deadline for withdrawals ended with no other candidates in the fray.
The walkover materialized after Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination was rejected on Tuesday due to an incomplete form and failure to disclose a court summons issued in connection with a rape case filed against a Congress leader in Telangana in 2022.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Natarajan's petition challenging the rejection of her nomination papers but declined to halt the ongoing electoral process for the Rajya Sabha elections from Madhya Pradesh.
