Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi said, “ Digvijay Singh has been associated with the sports and Olympic movement for a long time. He has been a great sports administrator and an executive board member of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee.”

Kalmadi held that, the nation and Commonwealth Games will miss the service of Digvijay Singh.

Paying tribute to Digvijay Singh, Vice President Hamid Ansari said, “I am deeply grieved to learn about the sad demise of Digvijay Singh, former Union Minister and Member of Parliament. Singh served the people with distinction during his many years in public life and always worked for the upliftment of poor and the downtrodden.”