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Digvijaya Singh

Digvijaya Singh

Height: 173 cm DOB: 28 February 1947

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.

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Can't stoop to Digvijaya's level: Jyotiraditya Scindia on Congress leader's 'betrayer' jibe

India | Dec 06, 2021, 11:25 AM IST

Scindia had resigned from Congress and joined the BJP in March 2020. His move resulted in the collapse of the Kamal Nath government just 15 months after its formation.

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh.

'RSS-backed schools sowing seeds of hatred against other religions in children': Digvijaya Singh

India | Sep 26, 2021, 07:37 PM IST

Launching a veiled attack at the RSS, Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister alleged that Saraswati Shishu Mandir, RSS-backed schools were sowing the seeds of hatred against other religions in the minds of young children.

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Digvijaya Singh draws analogy between RSS, Taliban

India | Sep 10, 2021, 11:24 AM IST

Singh was commenting on Bhagwat's comment on men being breadwinners and women the housewives.

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Remove BJP leaders who 'harassed' Muslims from posts if true to your words: Digvijaya to Bhagwat

India | Jul 05, 2021, 12:36 PM IST

Digvijaya Singh on Monday said if Bhagwat is true to his words, he must give directions that all those BJP leaders who "harassed" innocent Muslims be removed from their posts.

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Digvijaya known for 'pro-Pakistan' views: Jitin Prasada

India | Jun 12, 2021, 10:06 PM IST

Prasada, who is from Uttar Pradesh, recently severed his family's three-generation ties with the Congress and joined the BJP.

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NIA should investigate Cong veteran's activities: Madhya Pradesh BJP over Digvijaya's leaked chats

India | Jun 12, 2021, 05:25 PM IST

National Investigation Agency (NIA) should investigate the phone calls of Digvijay Singh, and questioned the involvement of a Pakistani journalist in this chat, demands

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Congress clubhouse of anti-nationals, first love is Pakistan: BJP on Digvijaya's leaked chat

India | Jun 12, 2021, 02:35 PM IST

BJP has slammed the Congress party over Digvijaya Singh's alleged leaked chat in which he was heard saying that if their party comes back to power they would have a rethink on Article 370 and may restore it.

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CWC meet: Senior Congress leaders voice discontent over alliance with Ajmal's party in Assam

India | May 11, 2021, 12:01 AM IST

The Congress, which headed the Assam Grand Alliance, managed to win just 29 seats in the 126-seat Assam Assembly.

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Congress leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Digvijaya Singh test positive for Covid-19

India | Apr 16, 2021, 10:33 AM IST

Senior Congress leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala and Digvijaya Singh have tested positive for Covid-19. 

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Here's what Digvijaya Singh said after Cong MLA's 'nachne gaane wali' remark against Kangana

India | Feb 20, 2021, 04:46 PM IST

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday reacted on party MLA Sukhdev Panse's derogatory remark on actor Kangana Ranaut who referred her as 'naachne gaane waali'.

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Narendra Tomar doesn't know anything about farming: Digvijaya Singh

India | Feb 05, 2021, 07:03 PM IST

Digvijaya Singh called Narendra Singh Tomar, the Union Agriculture Minister, a 'good' person, but added that he has little knowledge about farming.

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‘Wah Maharaj-ji wah!’: When Digvijaya heaped praise on Jyotiraditya Scindia in Rajya Sabha

India | Feb 04, 2021, 03:05 PM IST

Jyotiraditya Scindia attacked the Congress for changing its stand on the three farm reforms, saying that the party has favoured similar laws in its manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

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Digvijaya Singh sends Rs 1.11 lakh cheque to PM Modi for construction of Ram Mandir

India | Jan 19, 2021, 12:17 PM IST

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has donated Rs 1,11,111 for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.

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Madhya Pradesh Congress rebel MLAs refuse to meet Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Mar 18, 2020, 01:36 PM IST

Digvijaya Singh had said he wants to meet MLAs, who are his "voters" for the Rajya Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh and will stay here till he meets them. Claiming that Singh had come to the city, as he got a message from few rebel MLAs, Shivakumar asked: "Why is police blocking, they don't have any right to block, they are blocking the right of a candidate."

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Madhya Pradesh crisis: Digvijaya Singh announces hunger strike, demands meeting rebel MLAs

Politics | Mar 18, 2020, 12:43 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh political crisis: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh flew into Bengaluru from Bhopal to meet the rebel lawmakers, also alleged that the local police were not allowing him to meet his own party legislators.

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MP crisis: Digvijaya Singh detained after he tries to meet rebel MLAs at Bengaluru hotel

Politics | Mar 18, 2020, 09:02 AM IST

Digvijaya Singh had arrived at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru early Wednesday and was received by the newly-appointed president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and former Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar.

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Chidambaram victim of 'Gujarat Model of Governance': Digvijaya Singh

India | Sep 06, 2019, 03:00 PM IST

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday accused the BJP government at the Centre of implementing the "Gujarat Model of Governance" where innocents are framed in "false" cases. Singh said former finance minister and party colleague P Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media corruption case and lodged in Tihar jail, has been falsely implicated.

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More non-Muslims spying for Pakistan than Muslims: Digvijaya Singh's controversial jibe at BJP

India | Sep 01, 2019, 11:25 AM IST

​Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has fired yet another controversial remark. He claimed that non-Muslims are spying for Pakistan's premier intelligence agency - the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), more than Muslims.

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Boss kaun hai: Amit Shah, Digvijaya Singh trade jibes and queries, as Congress, BJP struggle with presidentship

India | Aug 02, 2019, 10:45 PM IST

  During a debate in Rajya Sabha on the amendment in the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019, (UAPA), Singh asked Shah not to act with "political motives" while being a home minister. He commented Shah occupies the post which was once held by Vallabhbhai Patel and he should act like a statesman.

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