“You Misbehaved Yesterday”: Rahul to Digvijaya
Congress leaders share light moment amid ideological tension at Indira Bhavan
- Rahul Gandhi meets Digvijaya Singh on Congress Foundation Day
- Light remark follows Singh’s praise of RSS-BJP organisation
- Kharge delivers sharp message on Congress ideology
- Episode reflects ongoing churn within party ranks
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 29th Dec: A day after former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh stirred a controversy by praising the organisational strength of the RSS-BJP ecosystem, he met Rahul Gandhi face-to-face at the Congress headquarters, Indira Bhavan, on the occasion of the party’s Foundation Day.
According to sources, as the two leaders greeted each other during the post-event interaction, Rahul Gandhi jokingly told Singh, “You misbehaved yesterday,” triggering laughter among leaders standing nearby, including Sonia Gandhi.
The light-hearted exchange came barely 24 hours after Singh had shared an old photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani and publicly praised the RSS-BJP organisational model. His social media post had described how a grassroots worker could rise to become a chief minister and prime minister, calling it “the power of organisation.” Singh later clarified that he opposes the RSS and PM Modi’s ideology and had only commented on organisational discipline.
The remark, however, drew a sharp reaction from Congress leaders. Party spokesperson Pawan Khera said that the Congress did not need to learn from “Godse’s organisation,” signalling discomfort within the party over Singh’s public praise of the BJP-RSS ecosystem.
Addressing party workers on Foundation Day, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge delivered a firm ideological message, indirectly responding to such internal dissonance. “Those who say the Congress is finished should know that we may have less power, but our backbone is still straight. We have not compromised on the Constitution, secularism or the rights of the poor,” Kharge said.
He asserted that the Congress has never sought votes in the name of religion, adding that while the BJP may have power, it lacks truth. “Congress is an ideology, and ideologies never die,” Kharge said, underlining the party’s attempt to reaffirm its ideological moorings amid internal churn.
