At a glance: Digivijay Singh, Congress leader who loves controversies

New Delhi: The former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has been caught on the wrong foot several times for his controversial statements, whether relating to Batla House encounter, or the killing of ATS chief in 26/11 terror attacks, or Malegaon blasts, or on what he calls Hindu terrorism.His latest comment on Congress MP Meenakshi Natranjan sparked controversy all over the nation. Here we give you a list of Digvijay's top most provocative speeches which have invited heated arguments and have distanced him from his party. Digvijay's `tunch maal' comment on Congress MP Meenkshi NatrajanA controversy was spurred when AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh called Lok Sabha MP Meenakshi Natrajan `100% tunch maal' (pure commodity) in a public gathering in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh. `Tunch maal' in an informal way refers to a woman while calling her `sexy'.To Digvijay's relief, Meenakshi did not feel offended and reacted in a calm way asking people to understand his statement in the correct context. Provocative views on RSS activistsContinuing with his divisive views against RSS, Digvijay once again came up with a comment alleging the RSS of training its activists to make bombs.Digvijay also claimed the that he had video clips of four VHP and RSS activists accepting to be trained to make bombs by the Sangh.Termed Batla House encounter fakeDigvijay has been quite strong-minded about the Batla House encounter case. He has over and over termed the encounter fake and never been apologetic for his statements.Raghavji tweetA complaint was lodged against AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh by a local lawyer after he Digvijay's controversial tweet related to former BJP minister Raghavji's arrest following sodomy charges.The tweet said `` Slogans being raised in Bhopal: Bachcha Bachacha Ram Ka, Raghavji Ke Kaam Ka!'' Establishing Modi's link with Bodh Gaya blastsThe Bodh Gaya blasts which took place in the unfortunate month of July, killing several monks and devotees left some stains on Digvijay's image after his controversial comment. Digvijay targeted Modi and linked the blasts with BJP. He tried establishing a connection by accusing BJP of targeting Muslims.In response, BJP claimed that Digvijay had lost his balance and was trying to establish unnecessary connections.The controversy was spurred after Digvijay's tweet which said “Amit Shah (BJP general secretary) promises a grand temple at Ayodhya. Modi addresses Bihar BJP workers and asks them to teach Nitish (Bihar CM) a lesson… next day, bomb blasts at Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya. Is there a connect? I don't know.” Thackeray family controversyIn the month of September in 2012, Digvijay took a dig at the Thackeray family and claimed that the autobiography of Prabodhankar Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's father, discloses the fact that the Thackeray family originated from Bihar, settled in Bhopal and later moved to Pune to find employment. After establishing a connection between Bihar and the Thackeray family, Digvijay termed it wrong on Raj Thackeray's part to call Biharis living in Maharashtra infiltrators. He also demanded a permit system for all Biharis. Uddhav Thackeray reacted and called Digvijay `mad' and said that he is unable to understand the context as he is not well-versed with Marathi.

At a glance: Digivijay Singh, Congress leader who loves controversies

New Delhi: The former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has been caught on the wrong foot several times for his controversial statements, whether relating to Batla House encounter, or

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