New Delhi: Congress on Sunday sounded dismissive of Narendra Modi's anointment as BJP's campaign committee chairman for 2014 Lok Sabha polls, and took potshots at the opposition party over the "apparent divide" within its top brass on the issue.
"Modi's appeal is limited to Gujarat. We have seen the hollowness of his campaign in Karnataka elections. He is popular only among people, who like communal politics and communal personalities. But this kind of politics goes against the ethos of India. Common people do not appreciate the communal politics of people like Modi," party spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed told reporters.
At the same, he said it was "internal matter" of BJP whom to make their campaign committee chief or Parliamentary Board head. "My heartiest congratulations to Modi," Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said when asked about Modi's anointment as Chairman of its Election Campaign Committee.
Asked whether Modi could be projected as a Prime Ministerial candidate, he said, "it was for BJP to decide."...
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06:10 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Ujjain: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday said that he is not in the race for the Chief Ministership of Madhya Pradesh and would not contest the state Assembly elections slated later in 2013. "I want to make it clear that come what may I am not in the race for the Chief Ministership of Madhya Pradesh and I am sure not to contest the Assembly elections in the...
05:53 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has questioned Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's claims of being a development oriented leader, alleging that the BJP leader's claims are totally hollow. According to Digvijaya Singh Kerala is a most development state in terms of social indicators while Haryana has the highest per capita income among all the states in the country. He pointed out that both Kerala and Haryana had a...
11:15 AM, Apr 12, 2013
In a fresh salvo, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday criticised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for "taking credit" for development of the state. "Gujarat was always ahead in terms of development and progress that is visible. It did not happen overnight", Singh said referring to Modi's claims of bringing a turnaround in Gujarat during his rule. ...
12:45 AM, Apr 03, 2013
Home favourites Anirban Lahiri and Digvijay Singh return to the scene of their famous victories, determined to follow up on their successes when the $300,000 Panasonic Open India gets underway at the Delhi Golf Club on Thursday. ...
04:51 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said that the model of having "two power centres" has not worked well and suggested that Rahul Gandhi should not opt to nominate a Prime Minister if the party gets a majority in the next Lok Sabha polls. The Congress General Secretary also said that party President Sonia Gandhi has really never interfered in the functioning of Manmohan Singh Government. ...
01:20 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has come out in support of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and said he is a "great man" and simply indulged in some foolishness. Days after Sanjay Dutt was awarded a jail term of five years in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case by the Supreme Court, the senior Congress leader added that Sunil Dutt, Sanjay's father, was trying to build communal harmony and that is why his ...
11:57 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has come out in support of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and said he is a "great man" and simply indulged in some foolishness. Days after Sanjay Dutt was awarded a jail term of five years in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case by the Supreme Court, the senior Congress leader added that Sunil Dutt, Sanjay's father, was trying to build communal harmony and that is why his...
03:20 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The talented duo enjoyed memorable seasons last year with Bhullar securing two victories while Lahiri won the SAIL-SBI Open. ...
03:53 PM, Feb 27, 2013
India golfers gear up for three big upcoming tournaments - the Bilt Open, the Avantha Masters and the Panasonic Open. ...
08:43 PM, Feb 19, 2013
How does the RSS react to Union Home Minister Sushil kumar Shinde's 'Hindu terror' comment? RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
04:25 PM, Jan 22, 2013
The government had no alternative but to decontrol the diesel prices as the country can "ill-afford" the economic crisis several European nations are going through, Congress leader Digvijay Singh said on Saturday. "In the wake of burgeoning oil subsidy, the government was forced to go in for the measure as the country could ill-afford an economic crisis, which was witnessed by the US and several European countries," the Congress general...
10:26 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Congress will announce candidates in Uttar Pradesh for 2014 Lok Sabha polls a year in advance, AICC General Secretary Dijvijay Singh said on Wednesday, blaming delay in distribution of tickets for the party's defeat in assembly polls. "Had we started preparation for state assembly polls timely and declared candidates earlier, the performance of party would have been better." ...
04:53 PM, Dec 26, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday targeted CAG Vinod Rai suggesting he has a political agenda like one of his controversial predecessors TN Chaturvedi, who had given a report on Bofors issue and soon after joined the BJP. Hitting out at the national audit body for computing "imaginative losses" in coal blocks allocation and setting a precedent by going to press, he said, "I am reminded somewhat of...
05:20 PM, Aug 31, 2012
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04:22 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Ghaziabad: Irrespective of the fact whether Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has shed tears on the Batla house issue or not, her party will weep after the declarations of UP poll results, BJP said on Saturday. "Digvijay Singh says that Sonia Gandhi did not shed tears on the Batla house issue, while other party members say that she wept over it, but it is sure that Congress will weep after the...
09:49 PM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress has not projected any chief minister in the hotly contested Uttar Pradesh elections that began on Wednesday and "youth icon" Rahul Gandhi is not a candidate, says a senior leader. "Our focus is on the campaign now. When it comes to selecting a legislature party leader, we will cross the bridge when we come to it," Mohan Prakash, chief of the state's election screening committee, told...
05:16 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Lucknow: Throwing his weight behind Samajwadi party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Maulana Ahmad Bukhari on Saturday appealed to Muslims to vote for SP candidates in upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. But the Imam's appeal has significantly not gone down well within the SP itself when the party's Muslim face Azam Khan seemed to question the cleric's political loyalties. "Imam has plunged into political discussion...
07:47 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Anand (Gujarat): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar had a close door meeting at the latter's ashram in Anklavdi village on Saturday. According to officials of the Chief Minister's office, the meeting, which lasted over 40 minutes, was held to discuss programmes to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Ashram spokesperson Mehul Sharma told reporters that Modi had come to Anklavdi for...
03:52 PM, Oct 29, 2011
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh now targetted Spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and alleged that the RSS was using Team Anna. The spiritual guru though refused to be drawn into an exchange with the Congress. It's seems like the drama of the absurd. Even as Anna Hazare continues to maintain his maun vrat (vow of silence), Digvijaya Singh continues to level allegations against Team Anna. Singh on Thursday...
08:37 PM, Oct 27, 2011
