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Digvijaya Singh likely to file nomination for Congress prez elections today

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday night left Kerala for Delhi and is likely to file his nomination for the election to the party president's post on Thursday, sources said. AICC general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal was also in the same flight from Kerala to Delhi. Singh and Venugopal were participating in the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra which was currently in Kerala. Singh will hold a meeting of his supporters at night and is likely to file his nomination papers on Thursday, the sources added. Nominations for the Congress president's election can be filed till September 30. The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister is the latest entrant in the fray for the party chief's election, even as the fate of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot contesting the party chief's election is uncertain.

Cong prez polls: Digvijaya Singh may enter the fray; Sonia meets Antony

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh is likely to run for the party president's post even as the old grand party scrambles to find a candidate with barely two days left for the nomination process to end and its president Sonia Gandhi holding consultations with party veterans. The Congress President held a meeting with senior leader and loyalist A K Antony for more than an hour on Wednesday and is understood to have discussed the probable candidates for the Congress president. The meeting with Antony came days after an open rebellion by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot loyalists over a possible leadership change in the state, clouding Gehlot's chances of running for the presidency. The Congress presidential polls, in which a non-Gandhi is expected to be elected after more than two decades, have been marred by the Rajasthan crisis. Gehlot is also likely to meet Gandhi on Thursday amid uncertainty over the filing of his nomination. According to sources close to Singh, the forme

Congress president election: Senior leader Digvijaya Singh enters race

Singh, currently part of Bharat Jodo Yatra, had a week back said he was not ruling himself out of the party chief's post but later publicly stated that he was not interested

Digvijaya Singh gets bail in defamation case related to comment on RSS

A court here on Saturday granted bail to senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in a defamation case over his claim that people associated with the RSS were receiving money from Pakistan. The district and sessions court granted him bail on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 after he appeared before it. Speaking to reporters later, Singh claimed that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was not a registered organization, hence it could not be defamed. Speaking at a press conference in Bhind in 2019, Singh had allegedly claimed that some people associated with the RSS were receiving money from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Pakistani spy agency. Avdhesh Singh Bhadoria, a lawyer, filed the defamation case against Singh after coming across the statement. The Congress leader had made the statement while referring to an alleged espionage racket that had been busted in Madhya Pradesh two years earlier. After a magistrate's court dismissed Bhadoria's defamation complaint against .

There is no GST only on air now: Digvijaya Singh's dig at Modi govt

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said that only air has remained out of the purview of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) now

It's money power, not democracy: Digvijaya on Goa Cong MLAs joining BJP

Amid speculation that some Congress MLAs may cross over to the ruling BJP in Goa, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh alleged that it is not democracy, but "money power" of the saffron party

MP Minister rejects Digvijay's claim of 'BJP scripting stone-pelting'

The Madhya Pradesh Minster for Medical Education Vishwas Sarang rubbished the accusation of Digvijaya Singh by terming it baseless and false

Khargone violence: Madhya Pradesh govt allocates Rs 1 cr as relief money

This comes after communal clashes erupted during a Ram Navami procession wherein people were injured due to stone-pelting

Digvijaya seeks FIR against CM Chouhan for old post over Khargone violence

Police have registered four more FIRs against Congress MP Digvijaya Singh for allegedly promoting religious enmity after he tweeted a picture of a mosque in another state

Politics heats up over Khargone violence, FIR against Digvijaya lodged

Amid the tensions following the clashes during the Ram Navami procession in MP's Khargone district, the politics in the state has heated up with registering of an FIR against Digvijaya Singh

BJP's Kapil Mishra hits out at Digvijaya Singh over Khargone violence

BJP leader Kapil Mishra on Monday said that people like him have started spreading lies to save those who are responsible for violence in Khargone

'The Kashmir Files': Digvijaya Singh opposes 'genocide museum' in MP

Chouhan had told Agnihotri on Friday that the film shows the pain and sufferings of the displaced Kashmiri Pandit community and promised a government land for setting up a 'genocide museum' in MP

Attempts being made to brand a community as 'villain': Digvijaya Singh

The Congress veteran also said he had never used terms like "saffron terrorism or Hindu terrorism", but has instead spoken about "Sanghi terrorism"

People doubtful whether farm laws will actually be repealed: Digvijaya

Digvijaya Singh said people are doubtful about whether the three contentious farm laws will actually be repealed or not as several BJP leaders claim that these legislations will be brought back soon

Supreme Court judge must probe Amazon 'bribery' report: Digvijaya Singh

Singh was reacting to a recent report that Amazon spent about Rs 8,546 crore or USD 1.2 billion in legal and professional expenses in the country between 2018 and 2020

Like Bofors, set up JPC for Rafale deal: Digvijaya Singh to PM Modi

The Rajya Sabha member alleged large-scale corruption in the form of payment of commission in the Rafale deal.

Not hatred but love will make India a world leader, says Digvijaya Singh

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, on Wednesday, accused the BJP and the RSS of spreading hatred among different religious communities

PM Modi is against federal structure, says Digvijaya in Rajya Sabha

The Congress leader also attacked BJP leader Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, how the covid threat was overlooked to pull down the MP government

No hope from President Kovind on new farm laws, says Digvijaya Singh

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said, he does not have any hope from President Kovind ahead of his meeting with a joint delegation of opposition parties regarding Central farm laws

Govt has money for Central Vista project but not for poor: Digvijaya Singh

Questioning the construction of a new Parliament building, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh said during Covid-19, the Centre has funds for the mega project in Delhi, but not for the poor