Diggy sticks to vow, skips stage at Jabalpur rally
Congress leader
and former CM Digvijaya Singh chose not to take the stage at the party's 'Jai Hind Sabha' here on Saturday, sticking to his public vow made a month earlier after a podium scuffle in Gwalior.
He remained seated with his supporters in an area designated for senior citizens in front of the stage. During this time, several leaders invited him to come on stage, but he declined their requests with folded hands.
Alongside him were Vishnu Shankar Pauranik, the former president of Jabalpur rural Congress, and former MP Rameshwar Neekhra.Throughout the event, he was repeatedly invited to come on the stage, but he refused each time.
On April 28, Singh declared he would never sit on a stage again after a squabble erupted among INC office bearers in Gwalior over seating arrangements on the podium during Congress' 'Samvidhan Bachao' rally.
Singh had said, "This is my prayer to the (Cong) national general secretary, state president, LOP, and the honourable people on the dais. I pray and appeal to you to please end this fight over the stage. I will not sit on the Congress' or any other stage. I will sit down and will request that when the time comes for me to speak, then I be called on the stage."
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