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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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Digvijaya Singh booked for controversial tweet on Telangana Police

Politics | May 04, 2017, 03:01 PM IST

Singh had accused the Telangana Police of running fake pages on social media platforms to encourage youth to join terror group Islamic State.

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Avoid ‘Modi versus all’ fight, Digvijaya Singh advises opposition leaders

Politics | May 02, 2017, 08:53 AM IST

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh cautioned the parties to ensure that the grand alliance does not become “Modi versus all” fight, taking cue from a similar situation during 1971 general polls.

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Dialogue with Pakistan must not stop, says Digvijaya Singh

Politics | May 02, 2017, 07:57 AM IST

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday said that India should continue dialogue with Pakistan even as Pakistan Army killed two Indian soldiers and mutilated their bodies across the Line of Control (LoC).

Present evidence or apologise: Naidu slams Digvijaya Singh

Present evidence or apologise: Naidu slams Digvijaya Singh for his IS claim

Politics | May 02, 2017, 07:01 AM IST

Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today asked Congress leader Digvijaya Singh to provide evidence over his allegation that the Telangana Police was encouraging Muslim youths to join the terror outfit of Islamic State.

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Sukma attack: ‘BJP wins elections in Chhattisgarh from red corridor’, claims Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Apr 25, 2017, 05:10 PM IST

Singh’s comments came just hours after Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh termed the massacre of 25 CRPF personnel ‘cold blooded murder’ and said that the government will review its anti-Maoist strategy.

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Why is PM Modi so secretive of his education qualifications: Digvijaya on warrant against Kejriwal

Politics | Apr 11, 2017, 12:58 PM IST

After an Assam court issued a bailable warrant against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh today wondered why the PM was so secretive about his degrees.

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Nobody can save Congress leaders if they fail to change themselves, says Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Apr 05, 2017, 10:51 AM IST

Expressing deep anguish over the continuing “factionalism” in the Congress, party general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said that nobody would be in apposition to save Congress leaders if they fail to change themselves.

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‘Shame on you Mr Parrikar’: Digvijaya blasts CM for ‘cheating’ people of Goa

Politics | Apr 01, 2017, 01:53 PM IST

Demanding an apology from the CM, Singh, said, “Shame on you Mr Parrikar and your hunger for Power. You have cheated the People of Goa. Apologise to them."

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Congress MPs protest Goa CM Manohar Parrikar’s presence in Rajya Sabha

Politics | Mar 31, 2017, 02:32 PM IST

Congress MPs in Rajya Sabha today protested against the presence of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in the House during the “Zero Hour”.

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‘Rahul Gandhi cabinet’? Digvijaya Singh ‘restructures’ Congress with Twitter goof-up

Politics | Mar 28, 2017, 01:40 PM IST

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has yet again managed to grab the limelight, and it’s again because of his gaffe on social media.

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Digvijaya stopped state Congress leadership from staking claim, says Goa Cong chief Luizinho Faleiro

Politics | Mar 18, 2017, 12:41 PM IST

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) chief Luizinho Faleiro has refuted claims that the party’s state unit leadership failed to form the government in the coastal state.

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Rahul Gandhi not acting decisively, he gets angry when I repeat this: Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Mar 18, 2017, 08:48 AM IST

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh has said that it’s time for party vice president Rahul Gandhi to act decisively in order to make a new Congress with a new charter, a new roadmap and a new style of campaigning.

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Digvijaya should retire from politics, says former Goa Congress MLA Vishwajit Rane

Politics | Mar 17, 2017, 07:24 PM IST

Former Goa legislator Vishwajit Rane on Friday stepped up his attack on Congress general secretary Digivjaya Singh and said it's time the veteran politician called it quits.

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Digvijaya Singh blames Congress leaders for Goa fiasco

Politics | Mar 17, 2017, 03:03 PM IST

Refuting allegations of his poor handling of Congress’ affairs in Goa, party general secretary Digvijay Singh today said that his own party leaders sabotaged his proposal for a pre-poll alliance with Goa Forward Party.

Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar stepped down as Union

‘When you come to Goa to party, not to work’: Parrikar’s dig at Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Mar 16, 2017, 05:09 PM IST

Manohar Parrikar today won the trust vote on the floor of the House with the support of 22 MLAs to Congress' 16

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Congress MLAs blame party managers for Goa fiasco; to meet Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Mar 16, 2017, 09:38 AM IST

A section of Congress MLAs in Goa has sought appointment with the party vice-president Rahul Gandhi to apprise him about the "mismanagement" by senior leaders which they blame for the botched bid to capture power.

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Governor ignored our letter to stake claim to form government, says Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Mar 14, 2017, 02:50 PM IST

The lack of proper coordination between the newly elected 17 MLAs and the top party leadership has cost the Congress party dearly in Goa. Despite emerging as the single largest party just short of a majority, the Congress failed to cross the half-way

Digvijay Singh’s ‘mismanagement’ and the missed

Digvijaya Singh’s ‘mismanagement’ and how Congress lost its plot in Goa

Politics | Mar 14, 2017, 09:04 PM IST

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh has come under severe criticism of its own party leaders in Goa after failing to form govt despite being the single largest party.

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UP election results: No question of Rahul stepping down, says Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Mar 11, 2017, 12:57 PM IST

In the wake of the poor showing in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh today said that there was no question of party vice president Rahul Gandhi stepping down.

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Why do only Muslims and not Hindus break out of jail? asks Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Nov 01, 2016, 12:20 PM IST

Raising serious doubts over the authenticity of the police version of the encounter of eight alleged SIMI activists, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh today wondered as to why only Muslims break out of jails in Madhya Pradesh.

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