Pilibhit youth waits for Pilibhit candidate (Political Prattle)

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 13th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Varun Gandhi, the controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Pilibhit constituency in Uttar Pradesh, had heated arguments with some poll officials Wednesday, accusing them of being biased in favour of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate. As Pilibhit went to the polls, Varun Gandhi alleged that some election officials at the Khananka polling booth in Bisalpur subdistrict were asking people to vote in favour of BSP candidate Ganga Charan Rajput.

May 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Congress party's Pilibhit candidate V.M. Singh, who is contesting against his nephew and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Varun Gandhi, has been charged for violating the model code of conduct, an official said Saturday.

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 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.

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 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 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Tuesday rejected Bharatiya Janata Party Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi's request to transfer two top officials of the Uttar Pradesh district. 'A letter (from Varun Gandhi) has been received.

April 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, currently in prison for his reported hate speeches, Sunday refused to meet the investigating officer who visited Etah jail to record his statement in connection with the cases lodged against him. 'He (Varun) said that he will only talk to officials in the presence of his lawyer,' Bali Ram Rao, the investigating officer from Pilibhit, told reporters.

March 30th, 2009 PILIBHIT - A local court in Pilibhit will today hear a bail plea of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi. The application was moved by his lawyers before Chief Judicial Magistrate Vipin Kumar.

March 29th, 2009 PILIBHIT - Pilibhit police on Sunday lodged an FIR against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for making inflammatory anti-Muslim remarks and creating a riot-like situation in the district. The Kotwali Police Station has charged Gandhi for making communal remarks and insulting the minority community.

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 28th, 2009 PILIBHIT - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, who gathered here to support Varun Gandhi, were arrested today after they clashed with police. They also blocked roads ahead of Varun's arrival in Pilibhit.

March 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Varun Gandhi remains the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh despite being hauled up by the Election Commission for his allegedly communal speeches. 'Varun Gandhi is our candidate from Pilibhit.

March 20th, 2009 PILIBHIT - The sub-divisional magistrate of Pilibhit, has declared BJP MP Varun Gandhi guilty of distributing money among people in Bisalpur village. Sub-Divisional Magistrate M.

March 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Election Commission Sunday sought a report from the administration after Varun Gandhi, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Pilibhit, made allegedly communal remarks at a rally. 'We have been asked (by the Election Commission) to submit a report in the next three days,' Pilibhit sub-divisional magistrate Zameel Alam told IANS by telephone.