Digvijaya resorts to 'Gandhigiri' of different kind

Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh has found a new way to show his devotion to Mahatma Gandhi and spread his teachings, but the BJP is not impressed and termed it as a "hypocrisy".

Of late, Singh has been making a special request to organisations or people inviting him as the chief guest - to ensure recital of Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram...", a devotional song popularised by Gandhi, in the beginning of a programme.

The request for this devotional song, part of a set of instructions, is being mentioned explicitly in statements being issued by the office of Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP.

Under this, organisers are being requested to "arrange for the singing of Gandhi jis favourite bhajan 'Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram' at the beginning of the programme".

"If singers are not available, download the said song from YouTube and play it," according to instructions from Singh's office.

The organisers are also being told in the official release by Singh's office that after listening to this ...