Varun Gandhi meets Advani, urged to respect SC orderApril 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.
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.
Jail officials await court orders to release Varun GandhiApril 16th, 2009 ETAH - With the Supreme Court Thursday ordering 'forthwith release' of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for two weeks, Etah jail authorities said they were waiting to receive the order to release him. 'I think the court order will come through fax to Etah district magistrate and hence will be passed on to me.
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.
BJP backs Varun politically and legally: Rajnath SinghApril 6th, 2009 ETAH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would take the issue of the 'harassment and torture' of its jailed Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi to the people, party president Rajnath Singh said Monday after meeting him. 'We back Varun, who is being harassed and tortured by the state government.
BJP fully backs Varun, says Rajnath Singh (Third Lead)April 6th, 2009 ETAH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will make the 'harassment and torture' of its jailed young leader Varun Gandhi a poll issue, party president Rajnath Singh declared Monday after meeting him in a prison. 'We back Varun, who is being harassed and tortured by the state government.
BJP president to meet Varun in Etah jailApril 6th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh will Monday visit Uttar Pradesh's Etah jail where his party's Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi is behind bars for his alleged inflammatory campaign speeches. BJP workers will also demonstrate against the Mayawati-led state government for invoking the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against Varun Gandhi, who was moved from Pilibhit to Etah, 300 km away, last week.
Varun Gandhi refuses to meet investigating officerApril 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.
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.
Varun being harassed, tortured in jail: BJPApril 2nd, 2009 ETAH - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday alleged that Varun Gandhi had been harassed and tortured in the jail. "Varun Gandhi was kept in a small cell, where he could not see anyone.
Senior BJP leaders to meet Varun Gandhi in Etah jailApril 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A delegation of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders will meet Varun Gandhi, the party's candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit constituency, in the Etah jail Thursday afternoon, a party official said. 'Former BJP president M.
BJP, VHP activists protest outside Etah jailApril 1st, 2009 ETAH - There was pandemonium outside the Etah jail Wednesday with activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) clamouring for the release of Varun Gandhi, who reached here and sent a message saying he wanted to meet only his mother. Varun Gandhi, the BJP candidate in Pilibhit who was jailed for his communal campaign speeches, was moved to Etah, 300 km away, in the early hours of Wednesday.
Congress, BSP trying to trap Varun Gandhi: Rajnath SinghApril 1st, 2009 RAIPUR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Wednesday asserted that Varun Gandhi was being 'politically and legally' supported by the party. He accused the Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of 'exploiting' the National Security Act (NSA) to 'trap' the BJP nominee in Pilibhit in the Lok Sabha polls.
BJP supports 'harassed' Varun Gandhi: Rajnath SinghApril 1st, 2009 RAIPUR - Asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is 'politically and legally' supporting Varun Gandhi, party president Rajnath Singh said Wednesday that the Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) were 'exploiting' the National Security Act (NSA) to harass him. 'What is happening with Varun Gandhi is unfortunate.
Varun Gandhi shifted to Etah jailApril 1st, 2009 PILIBHIT - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Varun Gandhi was early Wednesday shifted from the prison here to a jail in Uttar Pradesh's Etah town, an official said. Gnahdi was shifted to Etah at around 1.30 a.m.
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