NDA-backed Parimal Nathwani’s Rajya Sabha nomination course of on maintain | India Information
2 min learnRanchiJun 10, 2026 05:24 AM IST
A day after businessman and sitting Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh, Parimal Nathwani, filed his nomination as an NDA-backed Unbiased candidate for the June 18 Rajya Sabha election in Jharkhand, objections raised by the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) led the Returning Officer to place scrutiny of his nomination papers on maintain and search his response.
The scrutiny of nomination papers was carried out on Tuesday for the three candidates within the fray, JMM’s Baidyanath Ram, Congress candidate Pranav Jha and Unbiased candidate Nathwani. Whereas the nominations of Ram and Jha have been discovered legitimate, the Returning Officer sought clarification from Nathwani over objections raised through the scrutiny course of and directed him or his authorised consultant to current their case by 11 am on Wednesday.
In accordance with Congress leaders, their objections have been associated to alleged discrepancies and non-disclosure of private info in Nathwani’s nomination papers.
Congress spokesperson Rakesh Sinha informed The Indian Categorical that Nathwani had allegedly did not disclose particulars of corporations through which he serves as a director. “Our objection is that Parimal Nathwani has not shared sure private particulars. He has not talked about the corporate through which he’s a director,” Sinha stated.
He additional alleged that there was an inconsistency within the method through which Nathwani’s identify had been talked about within the nomination papers. “His identify is Parimal Nathwani, however the nomination has been filed within the identify of ‘Nathwani Parimal’,” Sinha stated.
Sinha additionally claimed that sure private info, together with declarations associated to pending circumstances, had not been adequately disclosed within the nomination paperwork.
Requested who had filed the objection, Sinha stated it was raised by a Congress candidate.
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The BJP, nevertheless, dismissed the objections as politically motivated and missing benefit. “The objections are baseless,” BJP basic secretary Amar Kumar Bauri informed The Indian Categorical.
