Laxman Singh, former Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament and brother of Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, was expelled from the primary membership of the party on Thursday, days after he publicly criticised its president Nitin Gadkari.
After giving 'Sanghi terrorism' tag to saffron outfits, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday alleged that the sequence of blasts in the country began after L K Advani's rath yatra and stopped after arrest of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha activists in terror cases.
"It was Veer Savarkar who first mooted the idea of a two-nation theory which was later adopted by Muhammad Ali Jinnah," Singh told reporters.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is learnt to be unhappy that All India Congress Committee General Secretary Digvijay Singh has raised a fresh controversy over the killing of Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare, even as the party is already embroiled in a number of issues.
After attacking Home Minister P Chidambaram on the handling of Naxal issue, Congress leader Digvijay Singh has now trained his guns on the Home Ministry for bringing in amendments to the Arms Act alleging that it undermines the citizen's right to keep weapons.
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalamadi came under pressure from within the Congress over his continuance in the post in the wake of corruption allegations.
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has said that time has come for politicians of his age to retire from the field.
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Friday welcomed Anna Hazare's indication of floating a new party to fight the 2014 general elections and said the activist and his team should also contest the polls.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Friday targeted Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai suggesting he has a political agenda like one of his controversial predecessors T N Chaturvedi, who had given a report on Bofors issue and soon after joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Stepping up his attack against Arvind Kejriwal, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh posed a number of questions to him on Saturday, raising doubts about off-shore funding of his NGO and asking why he never raised the issue of corruption in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will travel to Azamgarh and interact with students of the 134-year-old institution, the National Shibli College, one of the most respected educational institutions in the country.
It was a comedy of errors on Tuesday that saw Congress's vocal leader Digvijay Singh being 'stripped of' the key charge of Uttar Pradesh and Assam and only retained as party general secretary.
Singh appeared before Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar in pursuance to the summons issued against him by the court on November 17 and the judge granted bail to him on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of the like amount.
The war of words between veteran social activist Anna Hazare and the Congress gets uglier by the day.
Known for his Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh bashing, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday alleged that the organisation gives training in the making of bombs. He told reporters that he was saying this on the basis of incidents that had taken place in the state in the past.
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday owned "full responsibility" for the party's flop show in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections but skirted questions about resigning from the post over the issue.
Making a strong attack against Narendra Modi, whom he termed a "megalomaniac psychopath liar", Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday stoked a fresh controversy saying why can the Bharatiya Janata Party not field a "better leader" like Sushma Swaraj as its prime ministerial candidate.
Taking strong exception to Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh's criticism of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's fad for her personal statues and monuments, the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh has termed the tirade as a "reflection of the Congress party's anti-dalit mentality."
The All India Congress Committee and Digvijay Singh again appeared to be not on the same page -- this time on the issue of seeking cooperation from Team Anna over exposing some of the dealings of two Gujarat businessmen allegedly close to the Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the state.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday slammed Digvijay Singh for attacking Sri Sri Ravishankar and asked Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi whether the Congress leader was their spokesperson.
All India Congress Committee general secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday said Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar should consider merging his party with the Congress as Sonia Gandhi's foreign-origin issue was no longer relevant."Even the NCP admits this fact. Then why doesn't Pawar consider merging NCP with the parent party," he asked, adding that it was just his opinion and not an advice.
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Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Monday said that that there was no possibility of his contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. "All speculation in the media about my contesting the elections is both baseless and meaningless," Singh said. Singh said that he was not contesting the polls in accordance with the announcement made by him before the December 2003 state assembly polls -- that he would not hold any post for 10 years if the Congress lost them.
The Indian golfing ace shares the first place with Thai rookie sensation Chapchai Nirat at the halfway stage of the Crowne Plaza Open.
The ITF tribunal has rejected AITA's contention that its Davis Cup team could face security concerns during the World Group I Play-off tie in Islamabad, paving the way for an Indian tennis team's visit to Pakistan for the first time in 60 years.
In an interview with Neerja Chowdhury, Digvijay Singh spoke about the recently held assembly polls in 5 states, the ongoing farmers' agitation in Uttar Pradesh, the Lokpal bill and the future of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi.
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday said that he would extend all possible support to veteran social activist Anna Hazare if he initiates a protest against corruption in Uttar Pradesh. "If he (Anna Hazare) wants to hold demonstrations in any part of the country, then Uttar Pradesh would be the best place. If he holds a demonstration or fast there, then we (Congress) will also do the same in his support," he said.
Hours after Mayawati inaugurated the Rs 685-crore memorial park in Noida, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday accused the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister of squandering the hard earned money of the people of the country on the building of monuments, parks and her own statues.
In a veiled warning to Anna Hazare for his proposed fast, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Wednesday indicated that the Gandhian might be meted out the same treatment, depending upon the prevailing situation at that time, as yoga guru Ramdev was given at Ramlila ground.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L K Advani and Sushma Swaraj should 'pull up' Nitin Gadkari for his anti-Sonia Gandhi remarks, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said on Thursday.
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Wednesday said he would contest the next Lok Sabha polls from Madhya Pradesh if the party asks him to do so.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Tuesday took a dig at Team Anna on its decision to return around Rs 42 lakhs to donors who had sent money to them during the last six months.
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday backed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's demand for inclusion of a Dalit representative in the Lokpal drafting committee while Justice Santosh Hegde does not seem to find any merit in it.
Anna Hazare has hit back at Congress leader Digvijay Singh saying the charge of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh support to his anti-corruption campaign was an attempt to defame him and ruled out joining politics or becoming a Presidential candidate.
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh and party MP Prem Chand Guddu were on Tuesday granted bail by a local court in connection with a case filed against them and others for allegedly thrashing BJP youth wing workers in Ujjain in 2011.
Taking potshots at Vinod Rai over his comment that placing reports in Parliament can't be the Comptroller and Auditor General's only role, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday asked whether the former intended to become the country's prime minister, if not an accountant.
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Wednesday remained firm on his views that the experiment of "two power centres" has not worked well, notwithstanding the party rejecting his stand saying this is an "ideal model" not only at present but even for the future.
A special court has declined to discharge a police officer from charges of failing to record a rape complaint against BJP ex-MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in 2017 by a minor victim, officials said.
Under attack from Bharatiya Janata Party for his remarks that '2010 is not 1992,' Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Wednesday hit back saying if Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and BJP behave in a responsible manner after September 30, he will reconsider his statement.
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