Bhopal | Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh's comment at his former party colleague Jyotiraditya Scindia has triggered a war of words, with leaders from the ruling BJP calling the Raja of Congress a "blot" on the country and wishing that he is born in Pakistan in his next life. .

During his visit to Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain on Friday, Digvijaya Singh has responded to a query about what he would seek from the deity, Singh told reporters, "Hey Mahakal, a second Jyotiraditya Scindia should not be born in the Congress."

Scindia, who was once considered to be a close aide of former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, quit the grand old party in March 2020, ending his nearly two-decade-long association with the organisation. He then joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and was made a Union minister.

Following Singh's swipe at him, Scindia on Friday tweeted that Lord Mahakal should ensure an "anti-national" like Singh, who also greatly harmed Madhya Pradesh, is not born in India.

Before the assembly elections, the rhetoric between the "Maharaja"(Scindia) and the "Raja"(Digvijay) of Gwalior region continues, due to which there is a political ruckus in the political corridors, now the staunch supporter of Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia , State Energy Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar has also jumped into the fray.

While talking to the media in Gwalior, Energy Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar targeted the “Raja” Digvijay saying that in 2003, Digvijay Singh had divided the state and the Congress and this is the reason why the Congress could not form the government in the state for 20 years.

When asked about the Congress veteran's remark against Scindia, BJP leader and Minister for Panchayat Mahendra Singh Sisodia said, "I pray to Lord Mahakal that a person like Digvijaya Singh, who ruined the entire Congress and Madhya Pradesh, should be born in Pakistan in his next life."

Minister for Medical Education Vishwas Kailash Sarang, who also belongs to the BJP, reacted sharply to Singh's remarks as he termed him a "pro-Pakistan" leader and accused him of insulting the country's army and soldiers.

"Leaders like Digvijaya Singh are a blot on this country. Jyotiraditya ji has rightly tweeted. Such people who speak pro-Pakistan language, talk about giving protection to terrorists and dividing this country, such people have no place in India," Sarang said.