BHOPAL: Congress chief Digvijaya Singh, a rival of Jyotiraditya Scindia in Madhya Pradesh politics, on Sunday claimed “Rajas and Maharajas” bought themselves however tribal legislators confirmed the integrity of character. Addressing reporters in Dhar district, Singh claimed a suggestion of Rs 25-30 crore was made to 28 tribal MLAs who have been elected from Congress (to vary sides) however none of them, besides one, was bought.
“That is Congress. That is the character of tribals… Raja-Maharaja bought (themselves) however not tribals,” he mentioned. The Kamal Nath-led dispensation collapsed in March 2020 after 15 months in energy when a number of MLAs of Congress, most of them the loyalists of Union minister Scindia, joined the BJP, offering the muscle to the saffron celebration underneath Chouhan to grab energy.
Queried on the delay by Congress in not declaring candidates for the upcoming MP meeting polls, Singh mentioned there was consensus amongst Congress to see who’re the nominees of BJP. “If the Congress have been to subject stalwarts on traces of BJP, this name might be taken by the Central unit,” he added.
When requested about the potential for Congress MLAs defecting after upcoming meeting polls, Singh mentioned he prays to God that “no Scindia ought to come to the celebration now”. Referring to the assertion of BJP common secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya that he was discovering it arduous to consider that the celebration gave him a ticket, Singh mentioned BJP leaders are afraid of contesting.
Singh was in Dhar district to take inventory of preparations forward of AICC common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s scheduled go to on October 5 when she is scheduled to deal with a public rally at Mohankheda.
