Shivraj Singh mocks Kamal Nath; says Digvijaya ran previous Congress government in MP with 'power of attorney'
Kamal Nath after his 'tear clothes' remark caused flutter and triggered speculation of rift in Congress, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said Nath had earlier given a similar power of attorney to his colleague Digvijaya Singh to run the government. Mocking Nath, Chouhan also said Congress leaders are amazing as they give the «power of attorney» to others even for taking abuses.
The trigger for the talks of a «rift» between Digvijaya and Nath ahead of the assembly polls was a video of Nath telling agitated supporters of a ticket aspirant to «go and tear clothes» of Digvijaya (over the denial of the ticket).
Nath, who heads the MP Congress unit, and Digvijaya, a former chief minister, later made light of the episode and put up a united face.
«Kamal Nath has revealed that he had given a power of attorney to Digvijaya Singh to take abuses on his (Nath's) behalf which is valid till now,» Chouhan said.
He was speaking to reporters in the Madhya Pradesh BJP office after Congress leader Siddharth Tiwari, grandson of former assembly speaker late Sriniwas Tiwari, a stalwart from the Vindhya region, joined the saffron party.
Nath has made such an arrangement that even if abuses are hurled at him someone else should receive them on his behalf, Chouhan said.
«Nath had given a similar power of attorney to Digvijaya Singh to run the state government (after the Congress came to power in December 2018).
Earlier also 'bantadhar' (spoilsport) happened and now also 'bantdhar' (a term used by the BJP for Digvijaya Singh) is happening,» the chief minister alleged.
When Digvijaya Singh was the chief minister of the state (before 2003), Madhya Pradesh suffered badly and people are fully aware of it, the
