The politics surrounding Madhya Pradesh's Rajya Sabha seats has flared into a fresh round of accusations after Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination was rejected. Congress is using the episode to attack BJP by tying it to the dishonouring of a woman, while BJP is firing back, calling it nothing more than an internal feud and a plot engineered by Congress's own senior leaders.
BJP's Charge: This Is Congress's Own Conspiracy
BJP flatly dismissed Congress's conspiracy allegations and turned the spotlight back on Congress and its senior figures. The party's state spokesperson, Usha Thakur, said plainly that Congress is now dressing up the rejection of Natarajan's nomination as a matter of women's honour, whereas the real truth is that the whole affair is a conspiracy by the big leaders of the state Congress.
According to Thakur, it is Natarajan herself and other top Congress leaders who are responsible for this situation, not BJP.
'The Victim Woman's Curse Has Caught Up'
Linking the issue to a case in Telangana, Usha Thakur made a sharp remark. She said Natarajan has been struck by the curse of the very victim woman whom she was pressuring to withdraw her complaint of harassment and exploitation. Thakur argued that, being a woman herself, Natarajan should have stood by the victim instead of pressuring her.
What the Telangana Case Is About
The controversy traces back to Telangana, where a woman worker had levelled serious allegations against Congress leader Kumbham Shivkumar Reddy. The woman alleges that Reddy exploited her on the false promise of marriage, blackmailed her and issued threats. In the same complaint, she named not only Reddy but also Meenakshi Natarajan, who was then the Telangana in-charge, which led to a criminal case being registered against her as well.
Questions Over Kailash Vijayvargiya's Affidavit
When Usha Thakur was asked that Kailash Vijayvargiya too had concealed certain details in his affidavit, she responded directly. She said that if anything like that was the case, Congress should have raised an objection at that very time.
'The Senior Leaders Leaked the Information'
BJP's district rural president Shravan Singh Chawda, present on the occasion, also branded the entire episode a conspiracy by Congress's senior leaders. He claimed that it was Congress's own top leaders who leaked the information tied to Natarajan's nomination.
All Three Seats Go to BJP
For now, BJP is relentlessly cornering Congress and its leaders over the matter. It is worth noting that Madhya Pradesh has a total of 03 Rajya Sabha seats, and all three have gone to BJP. Rajneesh Agrawal, Tarun Chugh and Mahesh Kewat have been elected unopposed from here.
