'Violent' Varun has 'no right' to use Gandhi surname: MayawatiMay 6th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday said Varun Gandhi had 'no moral right to use Gandhi as his surname' because of his 'violent behaviour'. 'A person with violent behaviour can never be a Gandhi,' Mayawati said referring to Mahatama Gandhi 'who was the greatest exponent of the doctrine of ahimsa (non-violence)'.
I don't fear going to jail: Varun GandhiApril 22nd, 2009 PILIBHIT - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi, who spent about 20 days in prison for his reported hate speeches, Wednesday said he was not afraid of going to jail again. Varun Gandhi, who is in Pilibhit to file his nomination papers, said this while addressing a gathering in the city's Nawabganj locality where he stopped to inaugurate a newly constructed BJP office.
Varun Gandhi walks out of Etah jailApril 16th, 2009 ETAH - Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Varun Gandhi Thursday walked out of Etah jail after 20 days of being behind bars for his allegedly inflammatory campaign speeches. Varun walked out at around 6.30 p.m.
Varun will campaign for party: Rajnath SinghApril 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Thursday night welcomed the release on parole of the party's Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi and said the young leader would 'certainly' campaign for the party. Varun Gandhi, who was released from Etah Jail in Uttar Pradesh in the evening, reached the national capital after 10 p.m.
BJP not to be silent on Varun Gandhi issue: Rajnath SinghApril 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh on Friday announced that his party would not sit quiet on Varun Gandhi issue. "I will be visiting Varun Gandhi in jail on Monday.
Imprisonment of Varun Gandhi, an attempt to gather Muslim votes: ThackerayApril 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - Continuing to criticise the authorities for taking stringent action against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, who has been accused of making communal remarks, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday said that that the imprisonment of Gandhi was a warning to Hindus and an attempt to gather Muslim vote bank. "The way the Mayawati government slapped NSA and jailed Varun is a bid to appease Muslim vote bank.
Cases against Varun part of 'political conspiracy': Maneka GandhiMarch 29th, 2009 PILIBHIT - Former Union Minister and mother of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, Maneka Gandhi, on Sunday said registration of cases against her son was part of a 'political conspiracy'. "The registration of cases against Varun is part of a political conspiracy.
Conspiracy to finish Hindus: ThackerayMarch 27th, 2009 MUMBAI - Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray on Friday asserted that there is a conspiracy against Hindus, and added there is along term aim to corner and kill them. "There is a conspiracy afoot to corner Hindus and finish them.
Varun Gandhi's views surprise cousin RahulMarch 25th, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Stating that he doesn't 'carry hate and anger', Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday that he was 'surprised' by his cousin Varun Gandhi's reported inflammatory campaign speeches. 'I am surprised by his views.
Varun Gandhi thanks Thackeray for his supportMarch 25th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Pilibhit constituency Varun Gandhi, who has been accused of making inflammatory anti-Muslim remarks, has thanked Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray for supporting him for his speech. "I am overwhelmed by his support.
Varun would have been jailed if I were home minister: LaluMarch 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Sunday said that if he were the country's home minister, Varun Gandhi would have been jailed for his speeches in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit constituency. 'Had I been the home minister, I would have put Varun Gandhi behind the bars,' Lalu Prasad told reporters here.
BJP has made Varun scapegoat, destroyed his future: CongressMarch 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Coming out in tacit support of young Gandhi scion Varun Gandhi, a senior Congress leader Saturday charged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of making him a 'scapegoat' of their 'communal agenda' and destroying his political future. 'The BJP has set its hidden, hate and communal agenda for the elections and the kind of statements Varun made are not a solitary statement in vacuum,' said senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily here.
Now Varun Gandhi in dock for cash-for-voteMarch 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Neck-deep in controversies already, Varun Gandhi is now faced with yet another charge - of distributing money in his constituency. Taking cognizance of a TV footage showing Varun Gandhi distributing money in the Pilibhit constituency, the Election Commission Thursday issued a notice to him.
Varun Gandhi has to prove tapes were doctored: Poll panelMarch 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami Thursday said it is for Varun Gandhi to prove that the tape, which allegedly show him delivering inflammatory speeches, was 'doctored'.
BJP distances itself from Varun rowMarch 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said it has dissociated itself from the statements attributed to its Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi. 'The BJP disapproves and dissociates itself from the statements attributed to Mr Varun Gandhi,' party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad told a news conference here.
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