Published 09:18 IST, September 3rd 2019
Digvijaya Singh's allegations: Madhya Pradesh BJP leader lodges an FIR
BJP leader Satish Arora on Monday lodged a criminal case against senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh over his allegation that BJP takes money from Pak's ISI
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A BJP leer on Monday reportedly lodged a criminal case against senior Congress leer Digvijaya Singh over his allegation that BJP and Bajrang Dal take money from Pakistan's spy ncy Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). BJP's city unit general secretary Satish Arora reportedly lodged an FIR against Digvijaya Singh at Chandausi Kotwali police station. Arora told that an inquiry as per him complaint has been handed over to Sub Inspector Rajesh Kumar Pandey of police station. move came after Congress veteran Singh on Saturday gave controversial remark of nexus between BJP and Pakistan's ISI. However, on Sunday, backtracking from his statement, Singh claimed that Mhya Presh's Police has caught Bajrang Dal and BJP taking money from ISI.
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BJP slams Digvijaya Singh, calls him Pakistan's Navratna
Speaking at party's press briefing, national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Monday said: "Congress has a 'Navratna' leers who are responsible for such kind of careless statements. main jewel in that Navratna is Digvijaya Singh. Ors are Rahul Gandhi, Mani Shankar Aiyar, hir Ranjan Chaudhary, Shashi Tharoor, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Salman Khurshid, Ghulam Nabi Az and Sam Pitroda. Though y are in Congress, y are Pakistan's 'Navratna'. Pakistan is proud of statements me by Congress durbar. Pakistan PM Imran Khan himself is seen quoting ir statements frequently. How does DigvijayaSingh kw that how many of Pakistan's ISI spies are n-Muslims? ," he said.
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Demanding an answer from party's interim-party president Sonia Gandhi, he said that Digvijaya Singh is a senior leer in Congress and former CM. Touting Congress' hate for PM Modi, he said that y did t kw when y crossed a line, going against nation. He also said that such statements gave oxygen to Pakistan's ISI.
"BJP is biggest political party in world. Putting allegations on BJP stating that 'BJP takes money from ISI' is shameful and serious. We demand an answer to this from party president Sonia Gandhi. Digvijaya Singh is a former CM, Congress' general secretary, and senior MP. If such a senior leer says such a statement do we keep quiet? Hating PM Modi, se people do t kw when y cross lines and start going against nation. se statements give oxygen to Pakistan's ISI," he ded.
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Digvijaya Singh's allegations
Stirring controversy Congress Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh, on Sunday, alleged that BJP and Bajrang Dal were taking money from Pakistan's ISI. He also stated that BJP was t part of India's freedom struggle, unlike Congress. Questioning where y were in 1947, Singh condemned BJP's nationalism. He also me a big allegation that most Pakistani spies in India were n-Muslim.
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"Our fight with BJP and Sangh is ideological. y did t participate in India's Freedom struggle. w, y are giving us vice about nationalism. Where were y before 1947? Where were y when Indira Gandhi destroyed Pakistan into two? number of Pakistan spies found in India are majorly n-muslims. Muslims spies are fewer. Bajrang Dal, BJP - y are taking money from ISI," Singh said.
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(inputs from PTI)
08:50 IST, September 3rd 2019