MP CM Chouhan holds mass kanyapoojan; Digvijaya Singh calls it ‘gimmick’

Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday hit back at Rajya Sabha member and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for calling mass kanyapoojan organised on Monday on Durga Navmi, a gimmick

Published on: Oct 25, 2023, 09:49:48 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday hit back at Rajya Sabha member and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for calling mass kanyapoojan organised at his residence on Monday on Durga Navmi, a gimmick.

The MP CM had organised a mass kanyapoojan organised at his residence. (Shivraj Singh Chouhan)

Singh on Monday said, “I think I have never seen a person who is a bigger liar and a drama-gimmick than this chief minister.”

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In reply, Chouhan said, “I feel a lot of pain and suffering in saying this. Worship of daughters is an eternal ritual. Yesterday, the whole country was worshiping daughters. I also worshiped daughters of MP. But you call the worship of daughters as drama and gimmick. People with bad thoughts like you are not able to tolerate the worship of daughters and respect for daughters.”

“Only who has a pure feeling and values Indian culture in his mind can do this”, he added.

Replying to the CM’s claim, MP Congress president Kamal Nath said, “Shivraj ji, I had never dreamed that you would start doing vote politics even on a sacred religious and spiritual work like Kanya Puja. If you are so concerned about Congress’s Kanya Puja, then what is the need to ask our national leaders?”

“But you will not do all this because you do not have faith in spirituality, religion and tradition. Your faith is only in votes and politics,” Nath added.

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Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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