CPI-M justifies NSA against Varun

May 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday revoked the National Security Act (NSA) invoked against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for allegedly making hate speeches. UP Government's decision came hours after the Supreme Court ordered the State Government to revoke the NSA against Varun Gandhi.

April 22nd, 2009 PILIBHIT - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi will file his nomination papers from Pilibhit today. Varun, who is on a two-week parole after being jailed under the National Securities Act (NSA) for his alleged hate speech, will be accompanied by his mother Maneka Gandhi.

April 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party leader Varun Gandhi met senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani on Saturday for the first time since his release from the Etah District Jail on Thursday. During their meeting, Advani reportedly told Varun to respect the undertaking he had put before the Supreme Court.

April 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.

April 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.

April 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national general sercretary Satish Misra Tuesday justified filing charges against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Varun Gandhi under the National Security Act (NSA) for his hate speeches and criticised both the BJP and the Congress for opposing the move. Reacting to the Supreme Court's view that invoking the deterrent law against Varun Gandhi was disproportionate to his offence, Misra told a press conference here: 'We are going to reiterate our stand more forcefully before the apex court.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Uttar Pradesh government and the Pilibhit District Magistrate on Saturday responded to the Supreme Court's notice seeking to know the basis for invoking the National Security Act (NSA) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi. The state government, in its 35-page response to the apex court has denied Varun Gandhi's charge that he was booked under the NSA due to a political conspiracy.

April 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Congress leader Arjun Singh on Saturday expressed regret on the detention of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi under the National Security Act. Talking to reporters about the recent controversy on Varun Gandhi's anti-Muslim remarks in an election rally in Pilibhit and the slapping of NSA against him by the Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government, he said, " It is unfortunate." After his alleged hate speech came out in the media and a court disallowed him to extend his anticipatory bail in the case, the Uttar Pradesh police, last month, booked Varun Gandhi under the National Security Act.

April 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday justified the use of the National Security Act (NSA) to jail Varun Gandhi, saying his actions were unpardonable, and warned that anyone indulging in similar acts would get the same treatment in her state. She also took on Maneka Gandhi, saying she should have brought up her son better.

March 31st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Tuesday justified invoking the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi and said the action was taken only after a thorough inquiry. 'It was only after procuring clinching evidence against Varun Gandhi that the district magistrate of Pilibhit recommended NSA against him for his hate speeches,' BSP national general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra told reporters at a press conference here.

March 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.

March 24th, 2009 LUCKNOW - As the controversy over Varun Gandhi's alleged anti-Muslim speech rages, the Dharma Raksha Manch (DRM), an off shoot of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Monday come out in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. 'We hail Varun for raising the flag of Hinduism.

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With Varun Gandhi's alleged communal tirade fetching him unprecedented publicity, some leaders of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can't stop comparing him with his more famous cousin Rahul Gandhi. 'Let's send the hard-hitting Varun after Rahul,' quipped one at the party office, even though the BJP has officially distanced itself from Varun's alleged hate speech against Muslims in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh.

March 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'.

March 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.