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Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday issued notices to Rajya Sabha members Tarun Chugh, Rajneesh Kumar Agarwal and Mahesh Kewat, the Election Commission of India, and the Returning Officer for the Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha elections in connection with an election petition filed by Congress leader Minakshi Natarajan.
The Single Judge Bench of Justice B.P. Sharma, sitting at the principal seat of the High Court in Jabalpur, issued the notices and fixed September 11, 2026, as the next date of hearing.
Senior Advocate Ajay Gupta, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that the election petition challenges the alleged improper rejection of Minakshi Natarajan’s nomination paper and the alleged improper acceptance of BJP candidate Mahesh Kewat’s nomination paper.
According to the petitioner, if the election petition is ultimately allowed, the election of all three returned Rajya Sabha candidates from Madhya Pradesh—Tarun Chugh, Rajneesh Kumar Agarwal and Mahesh Kewat—would stand set aside, irrespective of whether the nomination papers of the other two candidates were otherwise valid.
The allegations made in the election petition are yet to be adjudicated by the High Court.
