Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh on Saturday demanded the immediate registration of an FIR against Champat Rai, former General Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, over allegations of misappropriation of donations received at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
The political contest for the third Rajya Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh intensified on Monday as Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan filed her nomination papers at the Madhya Pradesh State Assembly Secretariat in Bhopal.
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari engaged in a verbal exchange during a State Congress meeting held in Bhopal on Friday.
Digvijaya Singh's remarks praising the RSS triggered a massive political and exposed deep divisions within the Congress party.
Tharoor asserted that he too wants the grand old party to strengthen itself.
The Congress leader, who was in the Sangam city for a brief stopover on his way to Mirzapur, questioned the intention of the BJP government in invoking the uniform civil code (UCC).
The CM and Mr Scindia dedicated six development works worth Rs 7.40 crore and laid foundation of 11 development works worth Rs 43.86 crore in Raghogarh constituency.
"There is an example where in such a train accident, Lal Bahadur Shastri had resigned from his post," said Digvijaya Singh told reporters on Saturday.
Besides, Scindia also retaliated on former Chief Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh's remark about getting the suit ready for the post of Madhya Pradesh CM.
German ministry spokesperson stated that her country "expects that the standards of judicial independence and fundamental democratic principles will apply in the case."
