A veteran leader of the Congress party, Digvijaya Singh is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha is also currently the General Secretary of the grand old party's All India Congress Committee. For two terms from 1993 to 2003, he had served as the 14th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, a central Indian state. Between 1980–84, he was a minister in Chief Minister Arjun Singh's cabinet. In 1969, he was married to Asha Singh. She died in 2013. In August 2015, he married to Rajya Sabha TV anchor Amrita Rai.
Read MoreAccording to the petition, the SOP stated that a technical SOP would be issued separately for necessary compliance, but it has not been done so far, raising doubts over the suitability of the testing and verification process of EVMs.
The Congress was expecting to win at least three to five Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, including Rajgarh and Chhindwara, which used to be the bastion of former Chief Minister Kamal Nath. However, the grand old party drew a blank as the BJP swept all the 29 seats in the state.
Lakshman Singh has raised his voice against his own party several times. Singh has also criticised Rahul Gandhi and the party over various issues.
Senior BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in an exclusive conversation with India TV spoke about NDA's 400-plus seats target in the Lok Sabha elections, on Congress performance in Madhya Pradesh, BJP's presence in South among other issues.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The voters in 93 constituencies will use their franchise on May 7 in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. 11 states and Union Territories including Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar will go to polls in the third phase.
During a poll rally in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah targeted senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh. Shah urged voters to bid a "permanent farewell" to Singh from the political arena.
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh created a stir by making a sexist remark against his party colleague Meenakshi Natarajan in 2013. However, later, he clarified his statement saying he was comparing her with pure gold.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The fight is between BJP's Rodmal Nagar and Congress' Digvijaya Singh in this constituency in the upcoming general elections. Nagar is currently the sitting MP from the constituency. It will be interesting to watch who wins the seat.
Madhya Pradesh is set to witness polling in four phases beginning from April 19 for the much-awaited general elections. The Election Commission on March 16 announced the dates for the 18th General Elections in the country.
The Congress party has released its fourth list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The polling in the general elections will be held in seven phases beginning April 19. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
The Congress has so far announced candidates on 10 seats in MP, including Chhindwara from where it has renominated Nakul Nath, while the BJP has declared its nominees on all 29 seats.
A video circulating online claims Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar dodged a question about alleged Model Code of Conduct violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. The video, cropped from a press conference on March 16, 2024, suggests Kumar avoided addressing the
Lok Sabha elections: BJP released its 1st list of 195 candidates, including 24 candidates from Madhya Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan will contest from Vidisha constituency.
Congress leader Sumer Singh is considered as a family member of Digvijaya Singh. Along with Sumer Singh, a number of his supporters including his son Dhananjay Singh, also joined the saffron party.
Ram Lalla idol was placed in the sanctum sanctorum of under-construction Ram Mandir on Thursday in a placement ceremony. Digvijaya Singh attacked the government over the issue and alleged that the idol of Lord Ram does not look like a child.
The Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Temple is scheduled for January 22. Around 7,000 people have been invited for the event. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge were also invited but they declined the invitation saying it's a clear RSS-BJP event.
Lakshman Singh said Rahul Gandhi himself has said he is a party worker. "We all are party workers," Singh said without elaborating on his previous comment.
Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya had taken a pledge that he would blacken his face if the Bharatiya Janata Party is able to win 50 seats in Madhya Pradesh Assembly election. After poll results, his video in which he vowed went viral on social media.
BJP outperformed Congress in the just concluded assembly elections in the kye Hindi-speaking states -Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. After the debacle, Congress leaders raised the old EVM issue which cropped up after almost every defeat of Opposition parties.
Madhya Pradesh Election Results 2023: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was chief minister of the state from 1993 to 2003. His son Jaivardhan Singh and brother Lakshman Singh contested in the election.
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