New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh sparked a controversy on Tuesday when referred to the Pulwama attack as a “durghatana” (accident), later reviewing it to “terror attack” after being trolled on social media.
In a tweet earlier in the day, Singh said the foreign media had raised doubts over the air strike after the Pulwama “accident” and this has raised questions over the credibility of the Indian government.
किन्तु पुलवामा दुर्घटना के बाद हमारी वायु सेना द्वारा की गयी “Air Strike" के बाद कुछ विदेशी मीडिया में संदेह पैदा किया जा रहा है जिससे हमारी भारत सरकार की विश्वसनीयता पर भी प्रश्न चिन्ह लग रहा है।
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) March 5, 2019
Later, trolled for referring to the attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, Singh tweeted again, saying there should be not doubt that the incident was an act of terrorism.
“Pulwama was a terrorist attack, what is the doubt in that?The troll army is evading primary questions,” he tweeted.
Union Minister VK Singh, reacting to Singh’s comments tweeted: “Calling a terrorist attack an ‘accident’ should NOT be the political discourse in our country. @digvijaya_28 ji, would you call Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination an accident? Don’t weaken the nation & the morale of our armed forces with these senseless jibes.”
Calling a terrorist attack an ‘accident’ should NOT be the political discourse in our country. @digvijaya_28 ji, would you call Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination an accident?
Don’t weaken the nation & the morale of our armed forces with these senseless jibes. https://t.co/bxhty0ES10
— Vijay Kumar Singh (@Gen_VKSingh) March 5, 2019
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A few hand picked leaders such as Digvijay Singh are the unofficial “Kite fliers” of Congress. This is particularly noticeable from around the year 2000, when Congress began its campaign to oust the BJP. from power, and worsened AFTER it came to power in 2004. Ever since, whether ruling or in opposition, the practice has been to allow these second rung leaders to utter something outrageous and offensive, mainly intended to tarnish and damage the image of Modi/ BJP/ RSS and build a negative impression against them. If the ploy backfires in the media and public, someone else will declare that “This is their personal opinion, NOT the party’s”. But, THAT is indeed the view held by the TOP echelons in Congress. By now, this pretense is so old and well worn that every voter sees clean through it.
I somehow have this feeling that Sri Digvijay Singh’s official role in Congress is to ensure that Sri Rahul Gandhi does not look like the most foolish leader in the party. Why else on earth a two time former Chief Minister would regular make such silly comments?
In the grim world our politics has become, we need a gaffe prone politician to lighten the mood occasionally.
So you agree that he is a comedian??