<p>Congress leader Digvijay Singh today used his acknowledgement of his relationship with a woman journalist to target Narendra Modi, saying he is not a "coward" like the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate to hide his marital status for years.<br /><br />Congress, meanwhile, steered clear of questions whether Digvijay's announcement has caused an embarassment to the party while his son and Madhya Pradesh MLA Jaiwardhan Singh said his father's move to remarry was a "personal matter" and extended full support to him.</p>.<p><br />"As far as I am concerned, I don't hide my relationship which Mr Modi does. I am absolutely clear in this. I am not a coward which Mr Narendra Modi unfortunately is," the 67-year-old AICC General Secretary told reporters.<br /><br />In the ongoing Lok Sabha campaign, Digvijay was among the Congress leaders who slammed Modi, who, last month, for the first time publicly acknowledged that he is married.<br /><br />In his poll affidavit while filing his nomination last month for the Vadodara seat, Modi for the first time made it known that Jashodaben was his wife.<br /><br />Modi entered his wife's name in a column asking about his marital status. He had left the column blank on previous occasions, including in the last Gujarat Assembly elections in 2012.<br />At the AICC briefing, Finance Minister P Chidambaram steered clear of questions whether Digvijay's announcement has caused an embarassment to the Congress.<br /><br />"I do not comment on private life of persons whether belonging to other parties or Congress. It should be best left to the person concerned," he told reporters in Delhi.<br /><br />Jaiwardhan Singh, a Congress MLA, said his father's decision was a personal matter.<br />"I think it is a highly personal matter about which I would not like to say anything," he told PTI in Bhopal.<br /><br />"However, I would like to say that my father has my full support," Singh said.<br /><br />Digvijay took to Twitter yesterday to announce his relationship with Amrita Rai and plans about marrying her after the social media went viral about it.<br /><br />"I have no hesitation in accepting my relationship with Amrita Rai. She and her husband have already filed a mutual consent divorce case...Once that is decided we would formalise it," the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh tweeted. </p>
<p>Congress leader Digvijay Singh today used his acknowledgement of his relationship with a woman journalist to target Narendra Modi, saying he is not a "coward" like the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate to hide his marital status for years.<br /><br />Congress, meanwhile, steered clear of questions whether Digvijay's announcement has caused an embarassment to the party while his son and Madhya Pradesh MLA Jaiwardhan Singh said his father's move to remarry was a "personal matter" and extended full support to him.</p>.<p><br />"As far as I am concerned, I don't hide my relationship which Mr Modi does. I am absolutely clear in this. I am not a coward which Mr Narendra Modi unfortunately is," the 67-year-old AICC General Secretary told reporters.<br /><br />In the ongoing Lok Sabha campaign, Digvijay was among the Congress leaders who slammed Modi, who, last month, for the first time publicly acknowledged that he is married.<br /><br />In his poll affidavit while filing his nomination last month for the Vadodara seat, Modi for the first time made it known that Jashodaben was his wife.<br /><br />Modi entered his wife's name in a column asking about his marital status. He had left the column blank on previous occasions, including in the last Gujarat Assembly elections in 2012.<br />At the AICC briefing, Finance Minister P Chidambaram steered clear of questions whether Digvijay's announcement has caused an embarassment to the Congress.<br /><br />"I do not comment on private life of persons whether belonging to other parties or Congress. It should be best left to the person concerned," he told reporters in Delhi.<br /><br />Jaiwardhan Singh, a Congress MLA, said his father's decision was a personal matter.<br />"I think it is a highly personal matter about which I would not like to say anything," he told PTI in Bhopal.<br /><br />"However, I would like to say that my father has my full support," Singh said.<br /><br />Digvijay took to Twitter yesterday to announce his relationship with Amrita Rai and plans about marrying her after the social media went viral about it.<br /><br />"I have no hesitation in accepting my relationship with Amrita Rai. She and her husband have already filed a mutual consent divorce case...Once that is decided we would formalise it," the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh tweeted. </p>