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Modi funding Sadhvi's NGOs: Digvijay

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Milind Ghatwai

Posted: Nov 03, 2008 at 0920 hrs IST
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Bhopal, November 3: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Sunday alleged that Sadhvi Pragya Singh and her family prospered in Surat because the NGOs she runs there receive funds from the Narendra Modi Government. So much so that the Sadhvi had campaigned for Modi in the last elections.

“It’s a matter of investigation as to how a poor family from Bhind relocated to Surat to improve its financial condition and managed to prosper within such a short time,” said the former CM of Madhya Pradesh. It should also be probed if the Sadhvi had a role in planting the bombs that were recovered from Surat soon after the Ahmedabad blasts, he added.

“Violence has always been part of the RSS culture,” he alleged, adding that around a hundred organisations draw their strength from the parent body and its ideology.

“Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination by Nathuram Godse was the first act of terrorism because it was born out of ideology. It’s the same ideology that is behind the recent spate of violence,” he said in what was the Congress’s strongest attack yet on the Sangh Parivar and the BJP since the arrests of the Sadhvi and her associates in connection with the Malegaon blasts. “Everytime the BJP is in trouble, there are blasts. It’s an uncanny coincidence,” he insisted.

The Congress general secretary released a copy of the court complaint against him after he accused the RSS of training its cadres to make bombs. He first made the allegation in 2003 and repeated it on several occasions, citing evidence and stuck to his stand even though the rest of the Congress leadership appeared to avoid its mention.

Singh released the court complaint and his reply only to underscore his position that he was not surprised by the recent arrests of the Sadhvi and others. According to him, an RSS activist had been killed while making a bomb in Neemuch way back in January 1993. One of the accused in the case was arrested 10 years later when he was teaching at Saraswati Shishu Mandir.

Singh said he had appealed to the Centre to ban the RSS and other allied organisations, but it did not endorse it and proscribed only SIMI. He claimed he was the first CM to demand a ban on SIMI.

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Tustikaran by vims on 03 Nov 2008

Then what you will call when congress gave birth to Bhinderawale, Mizo National Front, ULFA. What do you call when the congress is doing Muslim Tustikaran.If it is true then Bravo Ms. Pragnya and Modi. Modi shud be PM and then se strong India and Digvijay shud go to Pak and start his own politics.

Everytime BJP in trouble, there is blast, there is blast all time, BJP is in trouble all time by Secluloular Diggi Vijay Soniya's dogg on 03 Nov 2008

Seclulular Diggi Vijay Sing has made very great observation, Saint Soniya ji seclulular should award him with Saint status for being so seclulularly her dogg and make him Cristian. Every time BJP is in trouble there is blast. THere is blast all the time. Hence BJP is in trouble all time. Hence Congress is establishing seclulularism all the time and creating trouble for BJP all the time and blast all the time is sign of ever lasting seclulularism. Diggi is so great.

ANTI-INDIAN CONGRESS by HARISH on 03 Nov 2008

WHEN WILL THESE CONGRESSMEN EVER THINK OF NATIONAL INTERESTS?

modi by shindea ag on 03 Nov 2008

This is the political bankruptcy of Congress. So called Congress leaders should now realise that ,gone are the days when people use to vote them to power blindly. What proof Mr Digvijay Singh has to prove his point. Muslim community is also yet to realise that the congress party has used them like door mats since 1947.

terrorism by raj on 03 Nov 2008

What Digvy saying is probably true. I dont think Modi will deny that Prgya didnt campaign for him. If he do so he will be in trouble. If the sadhvis family amassed such kind of wealth then no doubt she is making money too along with terrorism. Pramod Mahajan is an example who made a lot of monet in 5-10 years. Lets hav an investigation

digvijay hi hi by gurunath on 03 Nov 2008

DIGVIJAY IS OUT OF HIS MIND

Digvijay Sing's fake charges by ramesh kumar on 03 Nov 2008

Nothing wrong at all if Modi funded Sadhvi. If the 'minority' jihadis receiving funds from all over the world to bomb our cities, there is nothing wrong if Modi funded the Sadhvi. Congress has always been the masters of making accusations and framing fake charges on others, congress is masters in playing dirty politics! Wait for the elections, congress will not exist!

Needs Mental Asylum by Tarang on 03 Nov 2008

Can anyone Please provide the Yerwada mental asylum address to Digvijaysingh... he needs io be admitted soon.

DIGVIJAY by RAJ on 03 Nov 2008

Digvijay Singh is a fool.Dont believe.He is an opportunist. Sand under congress is shifting fast and furiously because of its megalomania.It is high time the cong should go to seed. The majority has no value in own country.My brothers, please wake up. You will become minority in your country and will be bleed to death, slowly and surely. What happened in Pak and Bangladesh, where are those Hindus who residing in those countries, and even in J

Poor chap by Mohit Bhardwaj on 03 Nov 2008

Mr. Digvijay has lost election and finds no stature, he enjoyed. As a small child he tries to make noise every now and then to make his presence felt. May God give him better ideas.

How Did Digvijay Singh Prosper So Quickly by Armoredfish on 03 Nov 2008

We have to ask how Digvijay Singh prospered within the shortest possible time. His IT returns and other assets should be made public by a courageous newspaper like Indian Express. Do not worry, we are with you.

Joker Dig Vijay by KUMAR on 03 Nov 2008

The congress party dosent have a capable INDIAN in their party who can can take over the leadership of the party, they are depending on a ITALIAN born woman whose only plus point is that she was married to Late Mr Rajiv Gandhi what a shame on the people .Do something so that in the next election things like this dosent happen Show the Italian the door We have Thousands of very capable people(INDIANS) who can lead us DONT GET FOOLED BY THE GLITTER AND FALSE PROMISES BE AN INDIAN SELECT AN INDIAN.Italians are onlyfamous for their mafia activities.

Assam Blast by Jawhar Bhattacharjee on 03 Nov 2008

This is a huge joke on the people of the country. For, this government has neither punished the perpetrators of terror who have had the jehadi credit of bleeding the country, including the notorious criminal Afzal Guru, nor has it the will to punish them lest ‘Muslim sensitivity’ be offended. And who are the Muslims that the Congress talks about? Not the modern, progressive and liberal among them. It is the illiterate and backward among them that the ‘secular’ party wants to cheat, as it indeed has — all these years.

Insane Dig---Vijay by NANDA on 03 Nov 2008

This man has gone out of his senses as he is not in power anymore and General secretary post in the congress party even a dog dosent respect. Out of sheer desperation he blabbers nonsense The time for the congress party is over see after the next election the congress will be dead.It is the curse of the Indian people for the congress partys spineless behaviour and dirty politics for gain. God is Great .

Let us Punish Congress by Votes by M Balachandran on 03 Nov 2008

The congress under Italian leader may bark at all National movements

digvijay is a gone-case by sachchaa bharti on 03 Nov 2008

Let us stop playing in words: extremism, in general, is bad but extremism direceted against anti-national extremists is NOT BAD. Let me get more blunt n straight: if it requires well intended extremism to finish the cancer of anti-national terrorism, then so be it. i know some questions will come up now. My preemptive response: yes, there does exist "well intended" extremism. Netaji Bose, Bhagat Singh, Azad, Rajguru ..... . The list is endless and I will not hesitate to say kee I admire this Sadhvi and want her name in this list of our greats. EDITOR SIR, PLZ DO NOT CENSOR THIS. PLZ.

Power Hungry by Dase Prami on 03 Nov 2008

Power Hungry People are Using Violence against Innocent Indians Just to Come in Power They are Not Hindus They are Power Pujaries. When they are I Power They Even Didn’t Spare Kargil Dead Soldiers Coffins They Make Lot of Money in Coffins Scam Especially Jorge Farnadis

common man by ajith kumar on 03 Nov 2008

In the modern india, all the troubles the younger generation is facing because of poor ideology of congress.It is very easy to blame RSS they are nationalist organisation. Not anti-national, the Congress is running a govt. with supporters of anti national elements. It is real shame. For this the people of india should blamed equal to the politicians as we make them as a politician. God save us

MODI FUNDING .......... by SUSANTA CHAKRABORTY on 03 Nov 2008

MR. DIGVIJAY SINGH IS A JOKER OF HIGHEST ORDER. HE SHOULD BE CONFERRED THE BHARAT RATNA FOR HIS CLAIMS . IT WILL MAKE THE SECULARISTS HAPPY. IT SEEMS INDIAN EXPRESS HAS RUN OUT OF STORIES. MR. GOENKA YOUR PAPERS IS RUN BY JOKERS !!!

Digvijay Singh on Modi/RSS by Aravind on 03 Nov 2008

Digvijay Singh should also go back to history as to (if history recorded is true) (1)why Nehru did not offer Jinnah to be the first PM of Inidia to avoid partition (2) why Kashmir was given special status unlike other princely states ceded to India (3) why the Kashmir problem prolonged even though Congress party ruled the country for most of the time (4) why Indira Gandhi could not negotiate using the surrendered Soldiers of Pakistan (5) why Congress always has family dynasty in leadership (6) why Congress only uses Gandhi's name and not his ideology truely - none of his family ever came to active politics!

DIRTY TRICKS by Dase Prami on 03 Nov 2008

THE WHOLE STECTURE OF BJP IS BASED ON VOILANCE THEY STAND ON THE DEAD BODIES OF INNOCENT PEOPLE OF INDIA THERE AIM IS TO DIVIED AND RULE

common man by commonsense on 03 Nov 2008

Dirty politics of Dig Vijay : He has forgotten the few names , Thanks that he is not claiming BJP for the Assassination of Indira Gandhi

retrospect ... everything is not rubbish by common man on 03 Nov 2008

We need to first understand. Everything that Digvijay is saying may not be true, but so is the truth that RSS is no more a clean organization as it claims to be. It's not religion or a party that gives rise to terrorism, but it's EXTERMISIUM that is the root cause of such acts. We need to ban such Extremist and Violent organizations, if we want to survive as a cultured human civilization.

RSS and Singh by Bapu on 03 Nov 2008

Mr. Sigh's information makes so much sense. These peiopole here who write against such person are so naive to beleive that terrorism is a desease that has no barrier.Stop denails and look in to fromt he other side and try to understand what are these terrorist looking for? Accept the fact that they can come from any religion, race or state. Terrorists are terrorist and nothing more.Bravo mr. singh for trying open eyes of these religiously blind people who never want admit thqat such violent anti social persons exist in any and every group and parties.

is digvijay contesting from a very very backward constituency so as the people swallow any thing he barks by sarma on 03 Nov 2008

after sixty people should not contest elections to run the nation because many of them become mental case beyond repair

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