Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijay Singh had a heated debate while discussing election reforms in the Rajya Sabha on Monday (December 15, 2025). He launched a scathing attack on the government, alleging systematic irregularities in the electoral process and questioned Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
During this, Digvijay Singh claimed that Amit Shah was never in RSS. While making this claim, he also challenged him to prove his statement wrong. His statement was strongly opposed by the ruling party MPs.
Referring to Amit Shah’s statement, Digvijay Singh said
Digvijay Singh said, ‘Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called RSS the largest NGO in the world from the ramparts of the Red Fort. Home Minister Amit Shah had said in the Rajya Sabha that the PM and he himself follow the ideology of the RSS, but Singh questioned this, saying, ‘While PM Modi proudly talks about his RSS background, Amit Shah has never actually been a part of the RSS.’
Congress MP spoke on Amit Shah’s claim
The Congress MP cited a statement of Shah in the Rajya Sabha, in which Amit Shah had said about PM Modi that he proudly says that PM Modi has been a campaigner for the Sangh. Singh also said that Shah had claimed that he had started attending RSS shakhas at the age of 10. However, Singh said that his own friends in the RSS told him that Shah was never associated with the RSS.
Ruling party MPs strongly protested against this comment. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal stood up and accused the Congress MP of distorting Amit Shah’s earlier statements.
Digvijay Singh made claim in Rajya Sabha
Digvijay Singh claimed that Home Minister Amit Shah has failed to respond to the key issues raised by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, including the demand for machine-readable digital voter list, transparent audit of electronic voting machines, reform in the appointment process of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and clarification regarding removal of CCTV footage from polling stations.
He said that he had personally written a letter to the CEC, to which no response was received. He alleged, ‘Either the Election Commission is misleading the Home Minister or the Home Minister is misleading the House.’ Along with this, he also demanded accountability and action.
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