Speaking for the first time after Umang Singhar accused him of trying to act as a proxy CM, Digvijaya Singh said disciplinary action ought to be taken. (Photo: Pankaj Tiwari)

With interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi cracking the whip on the warring factions of the Madhya Pradesh Congress, the party leaders for now have stopped making statements against each other even as former Digvijaya Singh on Friday hinted that the battle is far from over.

"Sonia Gandhi is the national president and Kamal Nath is the state president. They are aware of the issue and they have to take action," Digvijaya Singh said in Bhopal on the allegations leveled against him by forest minister Umang Singhar.

Speaking for the first time after Umang Singhar accused him of trying to act as a proxy chief minister, Digvijaya Singh said disciplinary action ought to be taken. "Whatever I have to say I will say on the party platform," Singh said to a question on the charges that Umang Singhar made against him.

Digvijaya Singh also said that whenever he raised questions against the BJP, he came under attack. "I am committed to oppose and fight a particular organisation. I will continue my fight. This government was voted to power after the struggle of lakhs of party workers," he said.

"The letter that I have written to ministers which is being discussed in the media is for one such party worker. These party workers give me applications and I forward them to the concerned ministers. What is wrong in it? Also I have already said that if I recommend any work that is beyond policy or principals of the party, the minister should not do it. All I want to know is the status of the work of party workers," Digvijaya Singh added.

Umang Singhar refused to further take up the issue even as he took to Twitter to suggest that "Everyone should remain disciplined".

Now, Sonia Gandhi has sought a report from the Madhya Pradesh state in-charge on the Umang Singhar row.