'Will Treat Him Like Royalty': Why BJP Is Suddenly Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Digvijaya Singh

Published 3 July 2026 · politics

'Will Treat Him Like Royalty': Why BJP Is Suddenly Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Digvijaya Singh Published By, Edited By Last Updated: July 03

'Will Treat Him Like Royalty': Why BJP Is Suddenly Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Digvijaya Singh Published By, Edited By Last Updated: July 03, 2026, 11:39 IST Instead of criticising Digvijaya Singh, the BJP praised him this week. One BJP MLA even invited him to join the party, promising he would be treated "like royalty". Rapid Read Congress leader Digvijaya Singh For decades, senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh has been one of the BJP’s favourite political targets. From branding him the face of the Congress’s “appeasement politics" to making him the centrepiece of election campaigns, the saffron party has rarely missed an opportunity to attack him. This week, however, BJP leaders were singing a very different tune. Instead of criticising Singh, they praised him. One BJP MLA even invited him to join the party, promising he would be treated “like royalty". The dramatic reversal came after Singh publicly contradicted a key allegation made by his own party against Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, triggering an embarrassing bout of infighting within the Madhya Pradesh Congress. The Fact-Check That Rattled Congress The controversy began after state Congress chief Jitu Patwari targeted Mohan Yadav over alleged irregularities involving the Veer Bharat Nyas trust in Ujjain. Referring to reports on land transactions linked to the Chief Minister’s family and associates, Patwari alleged that government land worth nearly Rs 500 crore had been handed over to the trust for just Re 1.

But when Digvijaya Singh addressed reporters in Ujjain a few days later, he publicly challenged that claim. “I have all the relevant documents. The land has not been given to a private trust. It has been given to a government trust," Singh said, adding that he never comments on any issue without proper research. He also remarked that there was “no shortage of dalals" who make false allegations, a comment that many Congress leaders initially interpreted as a swipe at their own campaign. Singh later clarified that the remark was aimed at a journalist, not at Jitu Patwari or any Congress colleague. BJP Seizes The Moment The BJP wasted no time turning Singh’s intervention into a political weapon. State BJP media in-charge Ashish Usha Agrawal declared that “the lifespan of a lie is not very long", saying the Congress’s allegations had been punctured by its own senior-most leader. BJP spokesperson Dr Hitesh Bajpai, who has often attacked Singh in the past, praised him for examining official documents before making public statements. Huzur MLA Rameshwar Sharma also hailed Singh for exposing what he called the weakness in the Congress’s allegations. Then came the most striking gesture. BJP MLA Pritam Lodhi publicly invited Singh to switch sides. Calling him “a good elderly man who helps everyone", Lodhi claimed the Congress was no longer respecting one of its tallest leaders.