From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: Congress veteran leader Digvijaya Singh, a former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and ex-AICC general secretary who turns 76 on Saturday is quite upset at Rahul Gandhi’s rude remark of calling his views on Balakot surgical strike as “ridiculous.”
Digvijaya, who had a crucial role in the management of the Bharat Jodo Yatra walking with Rahul all through, has withdrawn his Pulwama remark but said: “Is asking questions on Narendra Modi a treason?”
He justified his remarks from the campsite in Banihal in J&K: “Our 40 jawans were sacrificed in Pulwama? Where did the 300 kg RDX come from? Why was DSP Davinder Singh let off? How were our soldiers killedin Galwan valley? What questions should I ask, if not these?”
“I asserted that I salute the Indian Army’s valour,” he said while expressing frustration that his own party refused to defend him against the vicious attack by the BJP and the Media, which painted his views as an attack on the Army’s morale. He is sad that Rahul gave credence to the media distortion that the Army’s valour was questioned.
Digvijaya said the party leaders keep having differences of opinion but as Rahul said, the Congress is a democratic party and its leaders have a right to air opinions. But when the party decides, all act as one. Digvijaya amended his arguments, omitting one sentence about the proof of the surgical strike.
Although Digvijaya is a disciplined soldier of the party and a loyalist of the Gandhi family, his senses of disquiet and disagreement with the party leadership came out in open in his own way over the last two days, ensuring no damage to the party He kept quiet, lest there is damage to the Bharat Jodo Yatra in its closing in the next three days.
