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Public giving blessings: Digvijaya Singh on stone pelting in BJP's yatra

Stone pelting was reported at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch on September 6

MP polls 2023: Shivraj Chouhan accuses Digvijaya Singh of spreading lies

A video shared by Digvijaya Singh claims to be revealing the findings of an opinion poll, in which the Congress is apparently poised to get an overwhelming majority in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh

Grassroot leaders leaving BJP: Digvijaya Singh's jibe at Jan Ashirwad Yatra

aking a potshot at the ruling BJP's Jan Ashirwad Yatra, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said that senior BJP leaders are coming and grassroot BJP leaders are leaving the party

Madhya Pradesh 2023: Comparing state's economic parameters under BJP, Cong

Business Standard analyses the state's progress in the key economic parameters under current govt and sees if it was any better than the previous five years of the Digvijaya Singh govt

One nation, one election an attack on our Constitution: Digvijaya Singh

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said the idea of one nation, one election is an attack on the Indian Constitution and said the need of the hour is to have the "one nation, one income" plan to reduce the income gap between the poor and rich. The Union government has formed a high-level committee under former President Ram Nath Kovind to explore the possibility of conducting simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies. When asked in this regard, Singh told reporters in Indore that this is an "insult of the former president who is given such work of lesser importance". Queried whether all elections should be held simultaneously, Singh said, This is an attack on our Constitution. Tejashwi Yadav (Deputy CM of Bihar) has given a very good statement that instead of 'One Nation, One Election' there should be 'One Nation, One Income'. Reduce the gap between poor and rich. In reply to a question about DMK leader and Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election 2023: Date, schedule, seats, opinion polls

Polling to elect the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is scheduled for later this year, along with Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram

VHP member files case against Digvijaya for 'misleading' social media post

A case was registered against the X account holder following a complaint lodged by a convener of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in the district on Tuesday late evening

Digvijaya Singh faces flak over 'BJP planning Nuh-like riots in MP' remark

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Digivijaya Singh alleged the BJP is "planning communal riots" in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections

Nuh-like riots may be engineered in MP ahead of polls: Digvijaya Singh

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday claimed that communal riots would be engineered in Madhya Pradesh ahead of assembly elections as the ruling BJP knows that it is facing a tough challenge. The former chief minister was speaking at 'Vidhik Vimarsh 2023', a gathering of lawyers organised by the state Congress's Legal and Human Rights Cell here. The way these people caused riots in Nuh in Haryana, they have plans to trigger such riots (in MP) because the BJP knows there is a lot of resentment against it," Singh said. During the last 2018 MP Assembly election, Rajya Sabha member Vivek Tankha made thousands of advocates stand by the Congress. We formed the government then. Again, a large number of lawyers have assembled here. Hopefully, we are going to form the next government in MP, he said. Speaking at the event, MP Congress chief Kamal Nath said corruption is plaguing the state at every level, from panchayats to the Mantralaya (state headquarters).

Congress won't ban Bajrang Dal in Madhya Pradesh, says Digvijaya Singh

Congress' poll promise in Karnataka of banning Bajrang Dal had turned into a major controversy, with BJP making it a major issue during its campaigns

As Assembly polls near, debate over Bajrang Dal heats up in Madhya Pradesh

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Narottam Mishra said that Congress' eye flu is getting clear gradually as they are now seeing some good people in Bajrang Dal

MP election: Congress bets on Digvijaya to breach BJP's bastions in polls

2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election: Digvijaya Singh's poll strategy entails boosting public outreach, engaging with all segments of society, ensuring better coordination among party workers

Rahul was disqualified within 24 hrs: Digvijaya on convicted BJP MP

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said it was now to be seen when the Lok Sabha Speaker disqualifies BJP MP from Etawah Ram Shankar Katheria who was convicted by an Agra court earlier in the day in a case of assault. Special Magistrate, Agra's MP/MLA Court Anuj sentenced Katheria to two years' imprisonment for thrashing staff of a private power firm in 2011. MP Ram Shankar Katheria has been sentenced. Rahul Gandhi was disqualified within 24 hours (after a Surat court convicted him in a defamation case). It will now be seen that if Katheria's membership is revoked or not. Let's see how impartially the Lok Sabha Speaker works, Singh said while reacting to this development. The BJP MP had faced trial for thrashing the staff of Torrent Power Limited in Agra in 2011. It will also be seen when Rahul Gandhi's membership is reinstated after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in the 'Modi surname' case, Singh said.

Happenings in West Bengal under CM Banerjee frightening: Digvijaya Singh

Against the backdrop of violence in Panchayat polls in West Bengal, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday said the happenings under the watch of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are frightening and unpardonable. What is happening in Panchayat Polls in Bengal is frightening. I have been an admirer of Mamata of her grit and determination but what is happening is unpardonable. We know you bravely faced a similar situation in the CPM rule but what is happening now is not good for our Democracy, Digvijaya Singh tweeted on Monday morning. Notably, comments of Singh, a Rajya Sabha member, came amid efforts by the Opposition to form a united bloc to take on BJP in the next Lok Sabha elections. On June 23, Opposition parties, including Congress and Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, met in Patna. That meeting was attended by Banerjee, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi among others. Polling was held on Saturday in West Bengal in more than 61,000 booths for the

MP police register case against Digvijaya Singh over controversial post

The Indore police have registered a case against Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh for allegedly sharing a controversial post on former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief MS Golwalkar on social media, an official said on Sunday. Following a complaint filed by local lawyer and RSS worker Rajesh Joshi, the FIR was registered on Saturday night against Singh under Indian Penal Code sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence), 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 500 (defamation) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), said the official from Tukoganj police station. In his complaint, Joshi alleged that Singh had shared a controversial poster on Facebook bearing the name and picture of "Guruji" (as Golwalkar was popularly name) to incite people by creating conflict among Dalits, backward classes, Muslims and Hindus, as per the FIR. The complaint claimed Singh's Facebook post on Golwalkar ...

'Treachery' of highest order, says Cong's Digvijaya on NCP developments

In the wake of a split in the NCP led by Ajit Pawar, Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh has described developments in the Sharad Pawar-headed party as treachery of the highest order. Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday led a vertical split in the party to become the deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Maharashtra. Eight other NCP leaders were also sworn in as ministers in the Maharashtra government. NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday took a swipe at the ruling BJP, saying the development was not a "googly" but a "robbery". On Pawar's comments, Digvijaya Singh in a tweet on Sunday said, Not only Robbery Pawar Saheb but Treachery of the highest order. Sad." When reporters on Sunday asked Sharad Pawar if the move by nine NCP leaders was a game-plan of the BJP or a googly he talked about recently, the NCP president said, "...It is not googly, it is a robbery. It is not an easy thing. The allegations levelled by Prime ...

Even God not spared in MP, says Digvijaya as Congress holds protests

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said corruption was rampant in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, and even God has not been spared. During the day, the Congress staged protests in 51 districts of the state against corruption, highlighting the May 28 incident where six idols installed at Ujjain's Mahakal Lok Corridor collapsed due to the high winds, the June 12 fire at Satpura Bhawan in Bhopal where government offices are housed, and rising inflation. We could not hold protest in two districts -- Indore and Jhabua -- due to inclement weather, chairman of the MP Congress media cell K K Mishra told PTI. Elections are due in MP by year-end. When Kamal Nath was chief minister, he had sanctioned Rs 300-350 crore for the renovation of the Mahakaleshwar temple at Ujjain. A contractor from Gujarat assured that the idols installed there would remain intact for a century. But they tumbled in the light wind within just one year," Singh said at the meeting here. They are not sparing .

Digvijaya Singh asks Ashwini Vaishnaw to resign after Odisha train accident

Digvijaya Singh have demanded Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's resignation in the wake of the triple train tragedy in Odisha that claimed lives of 288 passengers

If Modi wins 2024, only those he wants will fight in 2029: Digvijaya Singh

Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh came down heavily on PM Modi, saying if he returns to power in 2024, only the parties or leaders that he approves of will be able to contest 2029 polls

BJP is running a business in Madhya Pradesh, not govt: Digvijaya Singh

"CM Chouhan is doing nothing but a drama, somewhere he plays the drums, somewhere he dances, somewhere he lifts the children in his lap," he added