Indore, Jan 8 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the deaths allegedly caused by contaminated drinking water in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area.He accused the government authorities and elected representatives of indulging in a blame game instead of fixing responsibility.Expressing anguish over the incident, the Rajya Sabha MP said it was shocking that Indore — known as the economic capital and one of …
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Bhopal, Jan 3 (IANS) Congress on Saturday continued its attack on the Madhya Pradesh government over the Indore water contamination crisis that claimed several lives, with grand old party leader Digvijaya Singh blaming the city Mayor for the incident.Singh, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh, alleged that the Indore Mayor and a local BJP leader were responsible for the tragic incident.Expressing grief over the death of several people, he demanded that all responsible people, in…
Bhopal/New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh, while responding to the political outrage following his comments on praising the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) through a social media post, said on Tuesday that he would never compromise with the Congress ideology till he remains in politics. Congress Rajya Sabha MP Singh said that he has followed the Nehru-Gandhi ideology throughout his life and will never compromise with it till he is alive. He added that…
Bhopal, Dec 30 (IANS) Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Punjab government and the opposition Congress over the recent resolution passed in the Punjab Assembly against central initiatives, terming it a violation of the Constitution’s federal spirit. The Punjab Assembly has convened a one-day special session on Tuesday to pass a resolution against the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB G …
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 30 (IANS) Kerala’s Education and Labour Minister V. Sivankutty on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress, alleging that the party has completed its “saffronisation” both at the national level and in Kerala, and has effectively turned into a recruitment agency for the RSS.Addressing the media, Sivankutty cautioned sections of the press against functioning as public relations platforms for what he described as an “unholy Congress-BJP alliance”.“At a tim…
New Delhi/Bhopal, Dec 29 (IANS) Amid the ongoing debate over former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh’s recent social media post and photos praising the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bharatiya Janata Party leader and State Urban and Housing Minister, Kailash Vijayvargiya, on Monday, called the veteran Congress Rajya Sabha MP as ‘courageous’. Vijayavargiya compared Digvijaya Singh’s courage of “speaking truth” akin to former Union Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. However, …
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) As the Congress leader Digvijaya Singh landed in controversy after praising the BJP and its ideological parent – Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that the grand old party has “lost its mental balance”. The controversy erupted after Digvijaya Singh shared a black-and-white photograph on social media showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi seated on the ground while BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani sat on a chair in th…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Congress on Monday appointed Sandeep Dikshit as the chairperson of ‘Rachnatmak Congress’, formerly known as the Outreach Cell, to engage with civil society, academics and activists on policy matters, including the rural jobs scheme.All India Congress Committee General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, in a statement, announced the decision taken by National President Mallikarjun Kharge to appoint Dikshit to the key post.“Congress President has appointed Sandeep Dikshit…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Congress MP Digvijaya Singh in the eye of storm over his adulatory praise for the BJP-RSS, found support in fellow party leader Udit Raj, who admitted on record that the grand old party is grappling with serious organisational weaknesses and widespread factionalism.Udit Raj’s support came a day after Digvijaya Singh triggered political row by sharing a 1996 photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, while praising the BJP and the RSS f…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said that there was nothing political in his “BJP-RSS” post, even as Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor strongly supported the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister’s suggestion for strengthening the grand old party with discipline.”Even I want our organisation to become stronger, and it is logical to have discipline in the party,” Tharoor told media persons.Asked about his reaction to Singh’s post on X, Tharoor said, “Di…