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'Royals' Digvijaya Singh, Jyotiraditya Scindia win Rajya Sabha seats in MP

Singh and Scindia are known as 'Raja' and 'Maharaja', respectively, for their royal lineage

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Press Trust of India

Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh and his once arch rival and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, both belonging to two erstwhile royal families in Madhya Pradesh, have made their way to the Rajya Sabha after tasting defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh is a descendant of the royal family of Raghogarh, while Scindia, who was once among Rahul Gandhi's closest of aides, is a scion of the erstwhile princely state of Gwalior.

Singh and Scindia are known as 'Raja' and 'Maharaja', respectively, for their royal lineage.

Singh, who had contested the last Lok Sabha polls from Bhopal, had