Underworld men plotted to kill me: Varun Gandhi

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Thursday said she was "disappointed" with Home Minister P. Chidambaram's assurance on the security for her party MP Varun Gandhi.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj Wednesday questioned the manner in which Home Minister P. Chidambaram "leaked" to the media a confidential letter written to her about BJP MP Varun Gandhi's security.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After refusing to upgrade the security of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi to the top Z plus category, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday said the level of security provided to him was being periodically reviewed.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government on Tuesday rejected Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi's plea for more security following threat from an underworld outfit. According to sources, Varun Gandhi currently has a special Y category protection, which includes three Police Services Officers (PSOs) round the clock, one escort and pilot vehicle, and after several evaluations the arrangement was found sufficient.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Security for Varun Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Pilibhit who is reportedly facing threat to life, will not be upgraded to the top category of Z plus though his current cover will continue, said a top home ministry official Tuesday. We have conducted our appraisal and we feel there is no necessity to upgrade him to the Z plus category.

July 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.

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.

May 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.

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 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.

March 25th, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Stating that he doesn't 'carry hate and anger', Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday that he was 'surprised' by his cousin Varun Gandhi's reported inflammatory campaign speeches. 'I am surprised by his views.

March 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Sunday said that if he were the country's home minister, Varun Gandhi would have been jailed for his speeches in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit constituency. 'Had I been the home minister, I would have put Varun Gandhi behind the bars,' Lalu Prasad told reporters here.

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.