Nath's 'tear clothes' of Digvijaya remark fuels MP Cong rift talk; both downplay video episode
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath where he is asking party men to «tear clothes» of his colleague Digvijaya Singh over denial of ticket to a leader from Shivpuri fuelled talks of a rift in the party over selection of nominees even as the two former CMs sought to make light of the episode and on Tuesday put up a united face ahead of the assembly polls.
In the viral video, Nath is heard telling a group of people, said to be supporters of party leader Virendra Raghuvanshi, that he had left the issue of (selection of Raghuvanshi's seat) to Digvijaya Singh and his MLA-son Jaivardhan Singh which might have caused some confusion.
The state Congress president is then heard telling the group to «tear clothes» of Digvijaya Singh (over the ticket denial issue). Raghuvanshi, a former BJP legislator, joined the Congress earlier this month.
He had sought a Congress ticket from the Shivpuri assembly seat, but the party fielded KP Singh, a six-time MLA from Pichhore, from there. After Raghuvanshi was denied the ticket, his supporters gathered at Nath's residence in Bhopal on Monday.
In the video, Nath was talking to Raghuvanshi's supporters when he made the remarks about former CM Digvijaya Singh and his son.
As the clip surfaced on social media platforms and fuelled speculation about a rift in the opposition party over ticket distribution, Digvijaya Singh put out a tweet on his official X account, calling for «patient solution».
