Supreme Court weighs in as BJP’s 3 Rajya Sabha picks in Madhya Pradesh elected unopposed

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has claimed all three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh uncontested. This outcome followed the rejection of the nomination of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan earlier this week, a move the opposition party has vehemently criticized as a "theft" and "hijacking" of democracy.

BJP candidates Rajneesh Agrawal, Tarun Chugh, and Mahesh Kewat were declared elected unopposed and received their certificates at the assembly complex. This development occurred on the same day the Supreme Court declined to halt the election process but agreed to hear Natarajan's plea on Friday. Kewat, one of the elected BJP candidates, attributed his success to the party's organizational structure, emphasizing that such a rise is possible within the BJP.

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When there has been a theft, and everyone is involved in this theft - not just the state, but also the central government... the Election Commission...

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh expressed outrage, stating that the entire system, including the state and central governments and the Election Commission, was involved in this "theft." Similar unopposed elections occurred in other states, including Rajasthan, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat, where the BJP and its allies secured seats. The polling, if it had been necessary, was scheduled for June 18.

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It can happen only in BJP that a small worker from Bundelkhand like me became Rajya Sabha MP.