Digvijaya Singh

Indian politician and Member of Parliament · India · On the map · Politicians · Born 1947 · age 79

Digvijaya Singh is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 2014. He is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and ex-general secretary of the Indian National Congress's All India Congress Committee.

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2021“I sincerely believe what is dangerous to the society is the religious fundamentalism, be it the Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs or whatever.”In their words12 June 202112 June, 2021 quoted in Leaked Clubhouse chats: Here is what senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh promised to a Pakistan-origin journalistRead the whole statement

“Therefore, I think malice, disease, and the virus are religious fundamentalism.”In their words12 June 202112 June, 2021 quoted in Leaked Clubhouse chats: Here is what senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh promised to a Pakistan-origin journalistRead the whole statement

“Democracy was not there in Kashmir when they revoked Article 370. Insaniyat (humanity) was not there because they put everyone behind bars.”In their words12 June 202112 June, 2021 quoted in Leaked Clubhouse chats: Here is what senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh promised to a Pakistan-origin journalistRead the whole statement

“Both worked together. In fact, the reservation in Kashmir was given to Kashmiri Pandits in government services.”In their words12 June 202112 June, 2021 quoted in Leaked Clubhouse chats: Here is what senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh promised to a Pakistan-origin journalistRead the whole statement

1947Born28 February 1947

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The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Digvijay Singh calling on the President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 5 May 1997

C.M. Digvijaya Singh with Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla, Santosh Kumar Shukla, Surendra Shukla and Lal Bahadur Singh (extreme left) at chief minister house, Shyamla hills Bhopal in 2002.

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I am totally against the creation of Genocide Museum in Bhopal. Will not let the communal harmony of Bhopal get disturbed. I oppose it.
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I have received a few complaints, which I have not verified yet, but as per these complaints, some people from BJP themselves pay poor Muslim boys to throw stones.
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Previously, he had served as the 14th and 15th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, a central Indian state, in two terms from 1993 to 1998 and from 1998 to 2003. Prior to that he was a minister in Chief Minister Arjun Singh's cabinet between 1980 and 1984. In the 2019 Indian general election he was defeated by Pragya Singh Thakur for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat.

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