Singh was entrusted with the responsibility of twenty point programme vice-chairman, while he was health minister during Raje's previous tenure as CM
Senior BJP strongman Digamber Singh passed away on Friday morning at the age of 66 after prolonged illness. The news of his demise came as a shock for the party members in the state and Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje. Singh was entrusted with the responsibility of twenty point programme vice-chairman, while he was health minister during Raje's previous tenure as CM.
Singh, was admitted at a private hospital in Jaipur on October 18 for swine flu. Thought the doctors claim to have cured flu, a long history of cancer and hypertension resulted in several medical complications and eventually caused his death from multiple organ failure.
He was cremated later in the evening at his provenance district of Bharatpur amid a huge gathering of supporters and senior BJP leaders. Political leaders beyond party and state borders condoled his death, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent wreath, CM Raje personally condoled his family at the hospital.
A prominent Jat face for the party, trustworthy for chief minister Raje, Digamber Singh to have graduated as doctor from government medical college of Jodhpur was, however, more popular as 'doctor sahab' among his supporters. It was more because that despite being a politician he never distanced himself from medical practice. "He was always a doctor at heart," remembers a former school time friend, Dr LC Sharma.
Born of October 1, 1951 at a village in Bharatpur district, Digamber Singh was a brilliant student, also fond of music and singing. A person who will not miss a chance to sing on stage during his college days. He never displayed political aspirants during his college days and was practicing as a doctor till 40s when a sequence of events inspired him to take up politics as a cause.
At politics too he displayed brilliance and within a decade of stepping in the field, he got elected from Deeg-Kumher assembly constituency and was appointed as the health minister. His tenure as a health minister is known for relatively less friction between health department and doctors. He will also be remembered to have got passed the bill to ensure safety of medical practitioners at hospitals. He consecutively won the seat in next election despite the anti-incumbency wave in state. He still continued to practice and was seen diagnosing senior party leader Ghanshyam Tiwari while he developed complication during an assembly session.
He even went diagnosing patients outside SMS hospital while the resident doctors were on strike during the tenure of Ashok Gehlot. His friend Dr. Sharma was superintendent of SMS hospital at the time. Dr Singh was, however, humble enough to leave the protest on plea of a former friend. However, he lost the election in 2013 and treatment of cancer kept him away from the state politics untill Raje appointed him vice chairman of TPP in 2015.
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