New Delhi Jan 8 (IANS) Congress said on Monday that when the BJP-led central government and the AAP were supporting N.D. Gupta s candidature for the Rajya Sabha then "who will reject the nomination".
"N.D.Gupta going to Rajya Sabha was a foregone conclusion... But we wanted to highlight how the AAP chose a BJP supporter and appointee to this plum Rs 1.74 lakh crore Trust for Rajya Sabha?" Delhi Congress Chief Ajay Maken said in a tweet.
"When both AAP and BJP -- the state and central government are supporting -- who will reject the nomination?" he asked soon after Aam Aadmi Party s (AAP) Rajya Sabha candidate N.D. Gupta s candidature was approved quashing the Congress complaints.
On Saturday the scrutiny of nomination of N.D. Gupta was deferred following Congress complaint to Returning Officer Nidhi Srivastava -- its second complaint -- that Gupta had not resigned as chairman of the Audit Committee of the National Pension Scheme (NPS) Trust.
In a letter to the Returning Officer Maken had said that Narayan Dass Gupta was appointed as the chairman from September 8 2015 and "has not resigned from the post till date".
The nominations of the AAP s other two candidates -- party leader Sanjay Singh and businessman Sushil Gupta -- for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha were approved on Saturday.
--IANS
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