Digvijaya Singh slammed for remarks over Taliban meet
Bhopal, June 24: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh faced the BJP fire over his tweet about an alleged meeting between Indian officials and Taliban leaders with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan saying he has "Talibani mentality".
Slamming the Congress veteran, BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, speaking separately, claimed that "contacts" of the former CM are under the scanner.
Sharing news reports, quoting a Qatar official, about a meeting between Indian government officials and Taliban leaders, Singh, in a tweet on Wednesday, said, "This is a very serious issue. The Government of India should make an immediate statement on this subject. Will BJP IT Cell take cognisance of this and put this into the category of sedition?"
Asked
about
the
tweet,
Vijayvargiya
told
reporters
at
the
State
BJP
office
here,
"Right
now,
an
investigation
against
Digvijaya
Singh
is
underway
to
find
out
with
whom
he
has
been
in
contact."
However,
Vijayvargiya
did
not
elaborate
on
the
nature
of
the
investigation
against
Singh
and
the
agency
which
is
conducting
it.
Reacting
to
the
Congress
leader's
tweet,
Chouhan
told
reporters,
"His
(Digvijaya
Singh's)
mentality
is
Talibani."
Earlier this month, the Madhya Pradesh BJP had demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Singh after the Congress leader, in a clubhouse chat, was purportedly heard saying that his party "would certainly have a re-look at the decision to revoke Article 370" (which provided special status to in Jammu and Kashmir).
Asked about the meeting of opposition leaders at the house of NCP president Sharad Pawar in Delhi, Vijayvargiya said there is "panic" among them because of the "towering" personality of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "There is no one in the opposition who can even reach the knee height of Narendra Modi," the BJP leader said, seeking to downplay the meeting.