The politics of the country has once again heated up after the nomination of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan in the Rajya Sabha elections was cancelled. Natarajan’s nomination was canceled on charges of hiding information in the affidavit filed for the election. Congress is furious over this decision and the party is preparing to take this decision to court. The party will also meet the Election Commission today on this issue, although it went for the meeting yesterday also, but its entry could not be made.
After the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination, Congress has attacked the Election Commission. Congress termed it as murder of democracy and alleged that it was no longer a case of vote theft but had become a case of seat theft. Now the election officer is being discussed who has once again fueled the controversy by rejecting the candidature of the Congress candidate.
Candidature rejected for not providing information in Form-26
Arvind Sharma, who is the Principal Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, rejected the candidature of Meenaksha Natarajan as Returning Officer. Returning officer of Rajya Sabha elections, Arvind said in his order that after examining the available documents, it was found that Meenakshi Natarajan had submitted an incomplete affidavit by not mentioning the said court complaint in the Form 26 submitted with the nomination.
An official of Madhya Pradesh Assembly said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Mahesh Kevat lodged a complaint with the election officer that Meenakshi had not made any mention of the case registered against her in Telangana in the affidavit filed. After hearing the arguments of both the parties on this, the election officer canceled the nomination of Natarajan.
Masters studies from Himachal Pradesh
Arvind Sharma, who came into limelight after rejecting his nomination, is very fond of Hindi films. Apart from watching movies, he especially likes watching lawn tennis and cricket. Arvind, born on January 5, 1965 in Delhi, obtained LLB degree after completing B.Sc. from Delhi University. After this he completed his Masters in Public Administration from Himachal Pradesh University.
He has nearly 4 decades of experience working in the parliamentary and legislative fields. In April 1989, he started government service in the Lok Sabha Secretariat of Parliament, Delhi. While in Lok Sabha Group ‘A’ service, he spent 26 years as Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Additional Director, and Director and Joint Secretary. He came to Madhya Pradesh Assembly on deputation in March 2024.
At present, he is posted as Principal Secretary from October 1, 2025. Overall he has 37 years of experience. He organized many different international conferences under the Department of Conference and Etiquette. In this
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference held in New Delhi. He also played an important role in the P-20 Presidential Conference held in Delhi in October 2023.
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