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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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NDA govt compromised with security by releasing Masood Azhar: Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Sep 19, 2016, 01:23 PM IST

With Masood Azhar-led JeM suspected to be behind the Uri attack, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today sought to put the National Democratic Alliance government in the dock, suggesting the earlier NDA regime had "compromised" with

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Frequent upgrades for Digvijaya Singh during air travels, finds probe

Politics | Sep 11, 2016, 12:30 PM IST

Income Tax Department has unearthed details of frequent upgrades of Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh’s air travels in a raid conducted on the premises of aviation consultant Deepak Talwar on June 22, The Sunday Express

If Pak is hell, why did Modi, Advani go there: Congress

If Pak is hell, why did Modi, Advani go there: Congress asks Parrikar

Politics | Aug 27, 2016, 06:24 PM IST

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday made a stringent attack on Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for his “Pakistan is hell” remark, asking him why he did not object when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior

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RSS an unregistered organisation, must come clean on funds collected on Guru Purnima: Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Jul 24, 2016, 09:43 AM IST

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday claimed that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is an unregistered orgainsation and alleged that "huge funds" collected by the RSS on the occasion of Guru Purnima were unaccounted.

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Digvijaya Singh’s journalist wife Amrita Rai gives up claim on his property

Politics | Jul 14, 2016, 01:46 PM IST

In an apparent bid to silence critics of his much hyped marriage to journalist Amrita Rai, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh yesterday tweeted his wife’s decision to give up her claim on his property in favour of his son Jaivardhan Singh.

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Under fire, Digvijaya rakes up Rajnath's alleged meeting with Pragya Thakur

Politics | Jul 08, 2016, 11:23 AM IST

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who came under fire after a video that showing him sharing dais with controversial preacher Zakir Naik, today hit back at BJP raking up the issue of Rajnath

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Is PM Modi handing over Finance Ministry to Subramaniam Swamy, asks Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Jun 22, 2016, 02:21 PM IST

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today alleged that the real target of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy is the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and not the Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian.

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Digvijaya Singh seeks judicial probe into fake Batla House encounter

Politics | May 24, 2016, 10:11 PM IST

Nagpur: AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday asked the central government to order a judicial probe into the “fake” 2008 encounter at Batla House in Delhi in which two suspected terrorists and a police

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'Cosmetic surgery' won't do, Congress needs 'cardiac surgery': Satyavrat Chaturvedi veiled attack on Digvijaya Singh

Politics | May 23, 2016, 02:14 PM IST

New Delhi: In a veiled attack on his own party leader Digvijaya Singh, Congress MP Satyavrat Chaturvedi today said that the party does not need cosmetic surgery but 'cardiac surgery' if it nurtures hopes of

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After Congress’s poor show in Assembly polls, Digvijaya Singh pitches for ‘major surgery’ within party

Politics | May 20, 2016, 11:58 AM IST

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has made a pitch for a ‘major surgery’ in the organisation in the wake of the disappointing results in the Assembly polls in four states including loss of power in Assam and Kerala.

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Cong sees Priyanka as mass leader, wants her to enter active politics: Digvijaya Singh

Politics | May 18, 2016, 05:07 PM IST

New Delhi: The Congress party seeks Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's entry into active politics as, going by her potential, she can very convincingly emerge as a mass leader, Digvijaya Singh, AICC General Secretary said today. However,

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Apologise or face lawsuit: Maha CM Fadnavis tells Digvijay Singh over ‘nepotism’ charge

Politics | Mar 21, 2016, 06:24 PM IST

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh to apologise for levelling “baseless accusations” against him -- saying that a state agency ordered developers to open accounts in a priv

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"Prominent" people concealing taxable income as agri earning: Govt

Mar 15, 2016, 06:03 PM IST

Many prominent people are being probed for allegedly concealing taxable income as agricultural earnings, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday and told the Opposition not to term it as political victimisation if their names come out.

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RSS should change its ideology: Digvijaya

Politics | Mar 13, 2016, 10:31 PM IST

Digvijaya Singh today said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) should alter its ideology after it changed its dress code and asked who gave the saffron outfit's members the right to "certify" someone as "anti-national".

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Digvijaya Singh writes to Narendra Modi, seeks action against Nitin Gadkari

Politics | Jan 12, 2016, 07:05 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to take action against Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari for his alleged role in awarding the contract of the

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BJP, MIM slam Digvijaya Singh for Mohan Bhagwat-Asaduddin Owaisi photo tweet

Politics | Sep 24, 2015, 10:29 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh came under fire from both BJP and MIM on Thursday over a photo shared by him on Twitter that showed Mohan Bhagwat and Asaduddin Owaisi as two sides of

an insult to muslims asaduddin owaisi tells digvijaya singh

An insult to Muslims, Asaduddin Owaisi tells Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Sep 23, 2015, 05:15 PM IST

Hyderabad: MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday described a picture posted by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Twitter, showing his (Owaisi's) half face with the other half of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as an insult

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Lalitgate is fallout of Sushma-Jaitley tussle: Digvijay Singh

Politics | Aug 18, 2015, 11:27 PM IST

Bhopal: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today said the Lalitgate scandal was the fallout of a tussle between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley."The Lalitgate scandal is a fallout of

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PM Modi camouflaging his failures by 'nautanki': Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Jun 10, 2015, 05:29 PM IST

New Delhi: Questioning the Government's move to organise mass yoga programmes, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running out of ideas and camouflaging his failures by “nautanki” (drama).“Don't understand

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PM carries big industrialists cum coffers on foreign tour: Congress

Politics | Jun 01, 2015, 08:30 AM IST

Indore: Congress today hit back at Narendra Modi over his “suitcase” riposte to Rahul Gandhi's “suit boot ki sarkar” jibe, with senior party leader Digvijaya Singh accusing the Prime Minister of carrying “tijori” (coffer) in

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