Overview
- Telangana Congress staged a Satyagraha at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad to protest the Returning Officer's rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha nomination.
- TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud said the Returning Officer treated Natarajan unfairly and compared the decision with other states where parties were allowed to fix defects in nomination papers.
- The protest brought together senior leaders and organisers, including AICC secretary Sachin Sawant and RGPR Sangathan chair Sunil Panwar, signalling a coordinated party response rather than a local grievance.
- Meenakshi Natarajan denied any internal Congress conspiracy over the rejection, accused the BJP of using pressure and money to influence the outcome, and noted the matter was before the courts.
- Coverage so far records Congress allegations and public mobilisation but does not report any reversal of the rejection or an official response from the Returning Officer, the Election Commission, or the BJP.