Archive · 25 Oct 2025
Digvijaya Singh Accuses BJP of Accepting Pharma Funds
A politician is saying that a major political party in India took money from companies that make medicine.
Some of the medicines made by these companies were not good and may have hurt people.
The politician says a lot of money was given, and he is linking this to the recent deaths of children due to a toxic cough syrup.
He says that the government should have checked the medicines more closely and is now asking some officials to resign.
He is also concerned about the revenue lost due to the substandard drugs.
Digvijaya Singh alleged the BJP received Rs 945 crore from pharma companies.
Products from 35 companies were found to be substandard.
Singh linked the allegations to deaths from toxic cough syrup.
He criticized the state health committee and called for resignations.
Singh accused the Centre of laxity in monitoring pharma companies.
- Who
- Digvijaya Singh
- What
- Accusations of BJP receiving funds from companies making substandard drugs.
- When
- Following deaths from toxic cough syrup
- Where
- Madhya Pradesh
- Why
- Alleged corruption and impact of substandard drugs.
Accusations of Corruption
Implicit Denial
Financial Misconduct
Accusations of Corruption
BJP received funds from companies making substandard drugs.
Implicit Denial
Implied lack of comment, no denial or clarification provided in the article.
- Allegation
- BJP received funds from pharma companies.
- Accuser
- Digvijaya Singh
- Amount Allegedly Received
- Rs 945 crore
- Affected Companies
- 35 companies with substandard drugs
- Issue Highlighted
- Deaths from toxic cough syrup
- Cough Syrup Detail
- Contained high levels of diethylene glycol
Sources
Cough syrup, 112 drugs fail CDSCO quality tests
Alert consumers! CDSCO flags spurious cough syrup, 112 drugs for not meeting quality—check list
MP News: Testing Of Syrup Samples Delayed Due To Limited Lab Capacity
MP News: BJP Took Money From Firms Making Toxic Drugs, Alleges Ex-CM Digvijaya Singh