Congress austerity drive a political stunt, says ManekaSeptember 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.
Maneka's stand 'most ironical': CongressJuly 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Saturday said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Maneka Gandhi's reaction to the alleged security threat to her son Varun was "most ironical" and wondered how she had failed to react as strongly to her son's anti-Muslim speeches. "I am finding (it) most ironical that Mrs.
Maneka, Varun and Sonia pay tributes to Sanjay GandhiJune 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Homage was paid to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's son Sanjay Gandhi on his 29th death anniversary at his memorial 'Shantivana' in New Delhi on Tuesday. BJP leader and Sanjay Gandhi's widow Maneka Gandhi, her son and Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Senior Congress leader Moti Lal Vora led a host of distinguished persons who paid homage to the late leader.
Maneka says Varun Gandhi being targetedJune 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.
Rahul, Varun Gandhi take oath as LS membersJune 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi took oath as the members of the 15th Lok Sabha on Tuesday.cknowledging greetings from opposition ranks, Rahul shook hands with Leader of Opposition L K Advani. He also greeted former Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers Mulayam Singh Yadav and Kalyan Singh.
I won't forget my poll promises, Maneka tells AonlaMay 23rd, 2009 AONLA - On her first visit here after winning from the Aonla parliamentary constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Maneka Gandhi Saturday vowed to fulfil her poll promises. "I am not like those politicians who forget their promises after winning elections," Maneka Gandhi told a gathering in Aonla in Bareilly district, about 250 km from Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow.
Victorious Varun, Maneka Gandhi meet L.K.AdvaniMay 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - BJP leaders Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi arrived here to meet Lal Krishna Advani at his residence on Sunday morning, following reports of the latter's wish to step down from party's parliamentary board. On Saturday, Varun Gandhi won from the Pilibhit Constituency and his mother Maneka Gandhi registered victory from Aonla Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
Maneka Gandhi losesMay 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.
Maneka Gandhi wins from Aonla (Lead, Superseding earlier story)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.
Mayawati justifies NSA against Varun, blasts ManekaApril 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.
NSA against Varun vindictive: BJPApril 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was firmly behind Varun Gandhi, party general secretary Arun Jaitley Saturday said Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) would 'pay a heavy price' if the 'vindictive' charges against the young leader were not dropped. 'The steps taken by (Chief Minister) Mayawati against Varun Gandhi are disproportionate and vindictive.
Maneka Gandhi should have brought up son better: MayawatiApril 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Maneka Gandhi, saying she should have brought up her son Varun better rather than defending him. Varun Gandhi is in jail, facing a charge of delivering campaign speeches vilifying Muslims.
Maneka breaks silence over Varun's hate speechMarch 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday broke silence over her son's alleged hate speech, saying the Congress was taking up the case to 'conceal' its 'anti-Sikh acts'. "It has become empirical for Congress to show such tapes (of hate speeches) to conceal their anti-Sikh acts," Gandhi said.
Ask Varun-Maneka, says BJPMarch 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has had to put up with a volley of questions on Varun Gandhi, who allegedly made communally inflamed speeches. One even compared him poorly with his animal activist-MP mother Maneka Gandhi.
Maneka Gandhi refuses to comment on son VarunMarch 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Maneka Gandhi, mother of Varun Gandhi who has created a furore for his hate campaign against Muslims in Pilibhit, refused to comment Tuesday on the swirling controversy. 'I don't want to say anything,' Gandhi, who is five time MP from Pilibhit, told IANS.
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