Scindia Calls Digvijaya ‘Anti-National’ Over 1992 Riot Remark Clip; Congress Leader Cites Madhavrao To Hit Back
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday launched a sharp attack against senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh, calling him “anti-national” over a controversial video that recently surfaced online.
The video, shared by several BJP leaders including Scindia, allegedly shows Digvijaya Singh claiming that he attempted to incite communal violence in Bhopal following the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992. The BJP has labelled it a “communal confession.”
Taking to the social media platform X, Scindia, once a Congress colleague of Singh but now a political rival, posted the video with a Hindi proverb that translates to: “A wooden pot can’t be reused,” implying that Singh’s true face had been revealed.
“No matter how many masks anti-national Congress leaders wear, the truth always comes out,” Scindia added in his post.
The comments triggered a strong backlash from the Congress in Madhya Pradesh. Senior party leader and former state minister P.C. Sharma accused Scindia of circulating a doctored video. In response, Sharma shared an old video of Scindia’s late father, former Union Minister Madhavrao Scindia, and urged the BJP leader to draw inspiration from his father’s principles.
“Don’t get blinded by power and position. If you had paid attention to your respected father’s views on the BJP, you wouldn’t have shared this fake video. The BJP practices politics of hate and incites riots — this can never be good for the country,” Sharma wrote on X.
‘BJP Spreads Fake News’: Digvijaya Singh Says Viral Video Was Doctored, Word ‘No’ Was Removed
The controversy erupted on Thursday after BJP leader and state Youth and Welfare Minister Vishwas Sarang posted the video online, claiming it was evidence of Singh’s role in the 1992 Bhopal riots.
In the video, Singh is purportedly heard saying, “When Babri Masjid was demolished, I was the state Congress president. I stayed at the party office for a week and made all possible efforts for communal violence.”
However, Singh has firmly denied the authenticity of the video, alleging it was tampered with. He claimed the crucial word “na” (no) was deliberately removed, which completely altered the meaning of his statement.
“Everyone knows how the BJP spreads fake news. In my full sentence, they deliberately removed the word ‘na’ (no),” Digvijaya Singh said in a statement on Thursday, as per PTI.
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