Varun Gandhi accuses poll officials of biasMay 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.
Varun Gandhi to file his nomination from Pilibhit todayApril 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.
I was mentally tortured in jail: Varun GandhiApril 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.
I don't fear going to jail: Varun GandhiApril 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.
Advani asks Varun Gandhi to exercise restraintApril 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi Saturday met the party's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani, who advised him to exercise restraint during the poll campaign, a party leader said.
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.
Varun Gandhi's bail hearing in Pilibhit court todayMarch 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.
FIR against Varun Gandhi for creating a riot-like situation in PilibhitMarch 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.
Cases against Varun part of 'political conspiracy': Maneka GandhiMarch 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.
Hindu outfit comes out in support of VarunMarch 24th, 2009 LUCKNOW - As the controversy over Varun Gandhi's alleged anti-Muslim speech rages, the Dharma Raksha Manch (DRM), an off shoot of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Monday come out in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. 'We hail Varun for raising the flag of Hinduism.
BJP's endorsement of Varun 'shameful', says PMMarch 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) endorsement of its candidate Varun Gandhi despite his reported hate comments against Muslims is shameful, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday. 'The BJP wants to divide the country on communal lines.
BJP stands by Varun Gandhi, lashes out at poll panelMarch 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Varun Gandhi will continue to be the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in Pilibhit, a party spokesperson said Monday. 'Varun Gandhi was our candidate and will remain so,' Balbir Punj asserted, reacting sharply to the Election Commission's advice not to field Gandhi in the elections because of his allegedly inflammatory campaign speeches.
Varun would have been jailed if I were home minister: LaluMarch 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.
Pilibhit youth waits for Pilibhit candidate (Political Prattle)March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With mediapersons going berserk trying to get hold of Varun Gandhi, a 22-year-old youth sat quietly waiting to get an audience with him or even his mother and five-time MP Maneka Gandhi at her Delhi residence Thursday. Guddu, a shop owner, had come from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh to meet the mother-son duo to seek help following a theft in his shop.
Another case against Varun Gandhi in PilibhitMarch 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - In what may be dubbed as a fresh move to punish Varun Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat, for his diatribe against the minority community, District Magistrate M.P. Agrawal registered a fresh case against him a few hours before being transferred out Wednesday.
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