TV anchor Amrita Rai and Digvijaya Singh TV anchor Amrita Rai and Digvijaya Singh

With Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh admitting to his relationship with TV anchor Amrita Rai on Wednesday, everybody wants to know when the cupid struck and how the affair blossomed.

For the past couple of months, the social media was full of speculation with personal photographs indicating a love affair between the two.

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Jaivardhan Singh Jaivardhan Singh

According to sources close to former MP Chief Minister, Singh came to close to Rai some six months after the death of his wife Asha in February last year. His wife died after fighting a long battle with cancer.

After his son and four daughters came to know about their father's connection with Amrita, they protested, sources said. According to a source, his son-MLA from Raghogarh Jaivardhan Singh-was not on talking terms with his father for quite some time.

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Jaivardhan Singh,27, who is the youngest of all the five children, told India Today that he would not comment on his father's affair. "I will not comment on his personal life," he said when asked about tongues wagging in political circles that Singh is getting married to Amrita Rai soon.

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ND Sharma, a senior journalist and a critic of Digvijaya Singh, praised the AICC general secretary for his candid admission of affair with Rai. "It needs a lot of courage to admit a relationship so boldly," he said.

The 67-year-old leader tweeted on Wednesday: "I have no hesitation in accepting my relationship with Amrita Rai. She and her husband have already filed a mutual consent divorce case."

Likewise, Amrita,43, also tweeted, "I have separated from my husband and we have filed a mutual consent divorce papers. After which I have decided to marry with Digvijaya Singh."