Bhopal: BJP candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, who has already received two notices from the Election Commission (EC) and has an FIR registered against her since the announcement of her name, on Friday denied her controversial remarks made against her Congress opponent Digvijaya Singh. Inaugurating her campaign office in Sehore on Thursday, Thakur told […]
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Digvijaya Singh doesn’t own a vehicle, says poll affidavit
Bhopal: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for 10 years, does not own any vehicle, according to an affidavit submitted on Saturday with his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections. Singh, who filed his papers from Bhopal constituency, has declared Rs 657,990 income for the last financial year, […]
Ex-MP CM Digvijaya files papers for Bhopal LS seat
Bhopal: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday filed his nomination papers for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat. Singh, who left from the residence of former Union Minister Suresh Pachauri, went to the District Collector’s Office to file his papers. He was accompanied by a large number of supporters. […]
Sadhvi Pragya — a sannyasi’s journey from jail to politics
New Delhi: Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a Hindu sanyasi (hermit), who is out on bail in the 2008 Malegaon blast case and has spent nearly nine years in jail, was on Wednesday declared a BJP candidate from Bhopal Lok Sabha against senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh. According to Sadhvi Pragya her arrest in the Malegaon […]
BJP fields Sadhvi Pragya against Digvijaya Singh
Bhopal: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday fielded Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts, against senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh from the Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency, which goes to the polls in the sixth phase on May 12. The announcement was made hours after Sadhvi Pragya joined the BJP […]
Digvijaya’s alms to beggars lands him in trouble
Sehore: The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh for distributing money to beggars outside a temple here. After the former Chief Minister visited the Chintamani Ganesh temple on March 28, a video surfaced showing Singh distributing money to the beggars. The Bharatiya Janata Party moved the Election […]
PM not admitting Pulwama intel failure: Digvijaya Singh
Bhopal: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday blamed the Pulwama attack on the government’s intelligence failure and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no explanation for it and his party was instead busy fanning Hindu-Muslim tensions. Singh, Congress candidate from Bhopal, was addressing party representatives using Shakti app. “The Pulwama martyrs’ families are […]
Digvijaya’s candidature from Bhopal has BJP in a fix
Bhopal: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is caught in a political dilemma in Madhya Pradesh after the Congress fielded former Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh from the Bhopal constituency for the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP is yet to devise a strategy or finalise a candidate to take on the Congress heavyweight who is challenging it in […]
Jittery BJP may pit Shivraj against Digvijaya in Bhopal
Bhopal: The BJP in Madhya Pradesh has withheld its nominee for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat after the Congress formally fielded former Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh. The party has deferred a decision on Gwalior and Indore too. While the Bharatiya Janata Party has cleared a list of 15 out 29 seats, the Congress is treading […]
Digvijaya Singh is Congress LS candidate from Bhopal
Bhopal: Ending speculation, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Saturday announced that former Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Bhopal constituency on the Congress ticket. “The central election campaign committee of the party has decided that Digvijaya Singh will contest from Bhopal. He was given the option […]