I won’t forget my poll promises, Maneka tells Aonla

September 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Terming the austerity drive of the Congress as a "political stunt", Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Maneka Gandhi Friday said it would have been better if the Congress government focused on strategising ways to fight corruption. "If ministers get committed to weed out corruption, I think there would be surely no need for any austerity drive.

July 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi Sunday alleged that members of underworld mobster Chhota Shakeel's gang were plotting to kill him while his mother and party leader Maneka Gandhi complained to the prime minister that the home ministry was treating the threats to his life casually. A day after six sharpshooters of Chhota Shakeel - one of India's most wanted gangsters - were arrested from various parts of the capital, Varun Gandhi urged Home Minister P.

June 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defending her son Varun Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Maneka Gandhi Sunday said forensic reports verifying the contents of a CD containing his purported hate speeches were a "one-sided version" and the "entire tape is doctored". "The entire tape is doctored, words have been interchanged...

June 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Maneka Gandhi has said some party seniors were targeting her son and Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi and blaming him for the party's poll debacle. According to reliable sources, Maneka was responding to party leaders Shahnawaz Hussain and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi at the BJP's two-day national executive meeting which began Saturday.

May 16th, 2009 AONLA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and five-time MP Maneka Gandhi lost to Dharmenda Kashyap of the Samajwadi Party (SP) from the Aonla constituency Saturday by 22,000 votes. The gamble to vacate her long-time seat of Pilibhit for son and BJP candidate Varun Gandhi and shift to Aonla did not pay off for Maneka Gandhi.

May 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - With several key leaders in the electoral race, counting began in each of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Saturday morning. According to an Election Commission spokesperson: 'Counting for each of the 80 seats in UP commenced at 71 district headquarters across the state commenced at 8 a.m.

May 16th, 2009 AONLA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has won the Aonla Parliamentary constituency after re-counting. Earlier, Maneka Gandhi was declared to have lost by 22,000 votes to her rival Dharmendra Kashyap of the Samajwadi Party (SP).

May 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and five-time MP Maneka Gandhi won from the Aonla Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh Saturday, senior Election Commission officials said here. Due to a mistake in the tabulation of votes, Maneka Gandhi had earlier been reported to have lost by about 22,000 votes, one official said.

May 13th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh that are going to the polls in the last phase Wednesday saw 32.29 percent voting until 1 p.m. after a slow start.

April 28th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, who is out of jail on parole, Tuesday said even if the stringent National Security Act (NSA) was slapped 'four times' on him he won't stop promoting 'nationalism'. 'I will never backtrack from my decision to promote and strengthen nationalism.

April 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 wanted to end the divide between communities. He also alleged that police tortured him mentally during his stay in jail.

April 18th, 2009 BAREILLY - Former Union Minister and mother of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, Maneka Gandhi, filed her nomination papers from Aonla parliamentary constituency in Bareilly District on Saturday. The 52-year-old BJP candidate, accompanied by local party leaders, filed her papers before the Bareilly District Magistrate at collectorate office here.

April 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Alleging that Railways Minister Lalu Prasad poses a threat to her son Varun Gandhi's life, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Pilbhit Maneka Gandhi Wednesday complained to the police. Her written complaint was submitted to the senior superintendent of police, Badaun district, N.

April 5th, 2009 AONLA - Many people in this rural constituency are happy that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Maneka Gandhi decided to shift from Pilibhit to Aonla to fight the general elections - though not because of her election promises. Voters in Aonla, 350 km from state capital Lucknow, in Bareilly district, say just by dint of her being a well-known face and belonging to the Gandhi family, she can put the spotlight on this predominantly agrarian region.

March 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - First it was Varun Gandhi and now it's the turn of his mother Maneka Gandhi, who has been charged with violating the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls. 'MP Maneka, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Aonla seat in Uttar Pradesh has been issued a notice for wall writing at various public and private places, including government offices,' sub-divisional magistrate (Sadar) in Badaun district S.K.