Whenever Modi campaigned, BJP lost polls, says Digvijaya

Taking a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his public rally in Hyderabad on Sunday, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said that the BJP had lost polls wherever the former campaigned for it in the past.

"We are not afraid of Modi. Wherever he had gone for campaigning, the BJP got defeated in the polls," the Congress general secretary said. Singh was talking to reporters after his arrival here to take part in a Congress rally to be addressed by the top leaders of the Madhya Pradesh.

On the issue of Rs 5 "registration" fee for Modi's public meeting in Hyderabad, Singh said, "It is all bogus! The BJP itself will deposit the fee and later claim that so many people attended it. They are masters in manipulating things."

Replying to a question on Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's act of sporting a skull cap on the occasion of Id, Singh said, "Whether he wears a red cap or black, the Congress has nothing to do with it. This is their job."

The senior Congress leader also alleged that "rampant corruption" took place in the implementation of the special package of Bundelkhand region (of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh) under the Backward Region Grant Fund, which was sent to the state on the initiative of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi."

When asked, Singh said that he was not interested in becoming Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister again as he wanted to focus on the national affairs.

"However, I am working in Madhya Pradesh to ensure that the Congress comes back to power," he added.