Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday launched his son Jaiwardhan Singh in politics by flagging off his six-day padyatra.
The yatra began at village Koluwa, about 80 km from Guna, in the presence of thousands of locals. It would take the Singh junior through Raghogarh constituency of Guna district.
Speaking on this occasion, Digvijaya said he had asked his son to stop in the villages en route and interact with the villagers.
"I have told my son that bookish knowledge may be good but one has to go much beyond that," the Congress general secretary said.
Digvijaya himself had started his political career by
winning from Raghogarh in the assembly election post Emergency in 1977.
Although speculation is rife that Jaiwardhan may contest the 2013 assembly election from Raghogarh, the younger Singh did not confirm it.
"The next election is two years away and I am going on padayatra only to know the feelings and desires of the poor people living in villages," Jaiwardhan said.
Digvijay, in his speech, criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Madhya Pradesh for shortage of fertilisers, claiming that when he was the chief minister, such situation never arose.
Before the 2013 election, Jaiwardhan would undertake two more padyatras in Guna district, Digvijay said.
