Digvijaya Singh's smiling photo at VHP office in Delhi with Hindutva leader Champat Rai creates buzz - this is what happened

Digvijaa Singh says he was on a train to Delhi and found himself next to a VHP leader and both struck a conversation.

May 15, 2016, NewsCrunch

A photo started circulating last month showing Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh in VHP office at R K Puram, New Delhi, along with a senior Hindutva leader Champat Rai.

Curiously,  was also seen posing for camera, holding a book, an autobiography of the late VHP world president Ashok Singhal.

Given that Digvijaya Singh has made a career of baiting Hindutva groups, there was a question on a many lip: what was happening? Was Congress getting ready for one more round of soft Hindutva, a formula it has tried in the past, many a time, without success.

After nearly a fortnight's speculation, here is an explanation from Digvijaya Singh himself, as he told Coomi Kapoor of Indian Express.

 He was on a train to Delhi and found himself next to a VHP leader and both struck a conversation. At the New Delhi Railway station, Digvijaya Singh offered to give the VHP leader a lift, who in turn invited him for some tea at the R K Puram office.

Digvijaya Singh accepted the invite, had tea, received a book and even learned that VHP was not very happy with Modi.