A post with an official letter addressing the president of the Congress party, Mallikarjun Kharge is being shared claiming it to be the resignation letter of Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh stating that ‘In Madhya Pradesh, instead of being a worker-centric party, the party has now become specifically leader-centric. Because of this, I am finding myself uncomfortable.’ Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: The image shows the resignation letter of senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh from the Congress party.
Fact: Digvijaya Singh firmly denied the allegation of his resignation in his tweet. He also shared the complaint letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Police at the Bhopal Cyber Cell alleging that BJP spokesperson Hitesh Vajpayee had disseminating the forged letter. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Investigating the viral letter based on relevant keywords, we did not find any mainstream media reports about this. However, we found a tweet from Digvijaya Singh, posted on 15 October 2023, which includes the viral letter as an attachment. In this tweet, he firmly denied the allegation of his resignation by stating, “The BJP is highly skilled in spreading falsehoods. I became a member of the Congress in 1971. I joined the Congress not for any position but because I was drawn to its ideology, and I intend to remain a member until the end of my days. I am going to take legal action against this fake letter.”
He also shared the complaint letter authored by the Madhya Pradesh Congress committee addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police at Bhopal Cyber Cell. Through this tweet, Digvijay Singh called on the police to take appropriate measures. In the letter, the Congress party accused BJP spokesperson Hitesh Vajpayee, alleging that the letter was disseminated by him on social media. Many news reports were published addressing this issue (here and here).
A letter was also sent to the CEO of the Election Commission of India with a request to take appropriate action against the accused.
To sum up, the viral letter of resignation in the name of Congress leader Digvijaya Singh is fake.
