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I’m a Gandhi, a Hindu and an Indian: Varun
Published on March 18th, 2009 In News, Philosophy, Politics |  Views 176

I"m a Gandhi, a Hindu and an Indian: Varun

 

CNN-IBN

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/im-a-gandhi-a-hindu-and-an-indian-varun/87995-37.html

MAKING A POINT: Varun Gandhi addresses the media in New Delhi on Wednesday morning.

New Delhi: Breaking his silence on his controversial speech targeting the Muslim community allegedly made during an election rally in Pilibhit on March 6, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi on Wednesday morning issued a clarification saying he was a Gandhian and the CD of his speech had been tampered with.

“I am proud of my faith and not apologetic of it. I am a Gandhi, a Hindu and an Indian in equal measure. I"m a victim of political conspiracy,” Varun Gandhi said refusing to apologise for his provocative speech.

“Nothing I have said was intended to incite anyone. There is no question of my having any ill feeling towards any community. My attempt is to instill confidence in a community which feels it is under siege in their own country," he said.

Claiming that the CD was tampered with, Varun said, “Those are not my words, that is not my voice. I want to ask the nation to stand by me. It was intended to insult. I am pro-India, not anti anybody."

Varun also applied for an anticipatory bail. An FIR had been filed by the Pilibhit District Magistrate on Tuesday following a directive by the Election Commission.

Varun allegedly made a hate speech against Muslims in which he reportedly said that he would cut the hands of those who target Hindus.

“They have scary names - Karimullah, Nazarullah - its scary to see them at night. I have a cousin - my aunt"s daughter - she saw a pamphlet which had photos of all candidates. When my cousin who is seven-eight years old, saw Samajwadi Party"s candidate"s photo, she said Bhaiya (big brother), I didn"t know that Osama Bin Laden is fighting from your constituency," Varun said in his speech.

“This is not a “hand", this is the power of the lotus. This will cut the head of the Muslim. Jai Shri Ram. If anyone raises a finger towards Hindus, or if someone thinks that Hindus are weak and leaderless… if someone thinks that these leaders lick our boots for our votes… if anyone raises a finger towards Hindus - then I swear on the Gita that I will cut that hand," he said.

Varun"s speech has created fissures even within the BJP with Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Tuesday demanding that the young leader issue a public apology for branding all Muslims as Osama bin Laden.

Anoth Muslim leader of the BJP Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi admitted that the controversial speech had damaged the party.

Varun Gandhi denies hate speech, says CD doctored

 

IANS

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/varun-gandhi-denies-hate-speech-says-cd-doctored/87944-37.html

SEEDY CD: A video grab of Varun Gandhi making the reported communal speech.

New Delhi: Facing flak for his reported anti-Muslim remarks, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, Varun Gandhi, on Tuesday strongly denied having made any communal or divisive statements and termed it a “vicious attempt" to malign him.

“I strongly refute the charge of making any communal or divisive statements as part of my election campaign. In this climate of terrorism, I have spoken only about standing firm against anti-national and anti-social forces that threaten this nation," Varun Gandhi said in a statement issued on Tuesday evening.

Varun, the grandson of Indira Gandhi"s and the son of late Sanjay Gandhi, is contesting from Pilibhit constituency which was his mother Maneka Gandhi’s.

“There are two speeches that have been attacked and these are two weeks old. None of what I have actually said was either intended or taken to be communal, which is testified to by the fact that in this intervening period there has been no communal tension or untoward incident in the district,” he said.

Varun claimed that in one instance he was referring to bad elements and in the second one the tapes have been doctored.

He has been booked by the police in Uttar Pradesh under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the People"s Representative Act for “promoting enmity" and acts “prejudicial to maintenance of harmony".

The case was lodged following a directive from the Election Commission to Uttar Pradesh"s chief electoral officer. The poll panel, which ordered the notice to Varun Gandhi and the BJP for violation of the conduct code for elections, also wanted the transfer and suspension of district officials for dereliction of duty.

“These unauthenticated CDs circulated to every channel, are being distributed by frustrated electoral rivals who, having failed in the last many elections, are now resorting to cheap gimmicks to gain unfair political advantage," he said.

Varun is expected to address a press conference at the BJP headquarters at New Delhi on Wednesday.

He said in the statement, “Coming from a family that has been part of India"s history for the last century, I am well aware of my responsibility to the nation and would never jeopardize its strength and unity. Perhaps my opponents sensed an opportunity in the candidature of a young and inexperienced rookie. Yes, I am young and yes, this is my first campaign."

Varun said that the rivals are seeking ways to try and block him from participating freely and fairly in the electoral process.

“I am confident that the people of this nation will see through this crude and vicious attempt to malign me," he said.

“I express full confidence in the authorities to get to the bottom of this conspiracy and severely punish those who would malign and thwart a young person willing and able to contribute to the process of building a strong, yet just tolerant and inclusive society," he said.

Who is Varun Gandhi

Twenty-nine-year-old Varun is the only son of the late Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi

He studied law and economics at the London School of Economics and completed his Masters from School of Oriental " African Studies in London

He is currently a member of the BJP National Executive. Varun wrote a book of poems titled The Otherness of Self

He couldn"t contest in 2004 Lok Sabha polls because was just 24 year old then

His mother Maneka vacated her six-time constituency, Pilibhit for him.

Varun Gandhi will be contesting from Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat in 2009.

 

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10 Responses to “I’m a Gandhi, a Hindu and an Indian: Varun”
    1. MNachiappan Says:
    Posted on March 18th, 2009

    EC files criminal case against Varun Gandhi
    Press Trust Of India
    IN TROUBLE: Varun Gandhi made the speech targeting Muslims on March 6.
    http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ec-files-criminal-case-against-varun-gandhi/87895-37. html

    Pilibhit/New Delhi: Cracking the whip, the Election Commission on Tuesday moved against Varun Gandhi, BJP candidate and a member of the Gandhi-Nehru family, for his anti-Muslim speeches and police quickly filed a case against him.

    As his remarks triggered a political storm and came under attack from within the party and allies, the three-member Commission met and considered the speeches made by Gandhi in Pilibhit in which he had, among other things, threatened to cut the hands of those who would raise their hands against Hindus.

    In a slew of decisions, the EC directed the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer to file a case against Indian Penal Code and Representation of the People Act against Gandhi and issued a notice to him for violation of Model Code of Conduct.

    BJP was also slapped with a notice over Gandhi’s remarks.

    Shortly later, the Station Officer of Barkhera filed a case against Gandhi under provisions of IPC and RPA relating to speeches intended to cause enmity among people on religious grounds.

    The provisions speak of punishment of imprisonment up to three years.

    Under the law, a person convicted of an offence with imprisonment of not less than two years, could be barred from contesting elections.

    The Commission also ordered transfer of district officials and suspended two others for dereliction of duty.

    The Commission sought an explanation from Gandhi, who is making his electoral debut from Pilibhit, for alleged violation of Model Code of Conduct.

    The Commission’s action also came on a day when a Congress delegation met the EC to complain Gandhi’s speech, calling it “highly deplorable” deserving proper action.

    Gandhi, whose mother Maneka Gandhi is a BJP MP, also faced strong criticism from within the party.

    Senior leader Shanawaz Hussain termed the remarks “shocking” and demanded an unconditional apology from him.

    Another leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also assailed the remarks saying they are a manifestation of his family’s past Congress culture.

    Rattled by the controversy, the BJP itself asked its party candidates to observe caution and restraint in their speeches.

    “We do not subscribe to such views,” party spokesperson Siddarth Nath Singh said.

    Party Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, however, ruled out any action against Gandhi, saying he is campaigning for the party and he is a party candidate.

    “What he has said in his speeches is being looked into by the EC,” he said.

    Gandhi’s offensive remarks also came under the scanner at a meeting of the BJP’s Central Election Committee where Muslim leaders voiced concern.

    Under attack, Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that the CD containing his speech has been tampered with.

    “I know it has been (tampered with)” when reporters asked him whether the video footage of his speeches has been tampered with.

    “All I want to say is that tomorrow I will be addressing a press conference in Delhi and I will be clarifying my stand on every single issue… I will be addressing from a proper party forum,” the young scion of the

    Gandhi family said.

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    2. MNachiappan Says:
    Posted on March 18th, 2009

    वरुण जैसा ‘गांधी’ चलेगा: बाल ठाकरे

    18 मार्च 2009 आईबीएन-7
    http://josh18.in.com/showstory.php?id=415432

    मुम्बई। शिवसेना प्रमुख बाल ठाकरे ने भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) के पीलीभीत से चुनावी उम्मीदवार वरुण गांधी के कथित भड़काऊ भाषण से उठे विवाद पर उनका समर्थन किया है। बाल ठाकरे ने कहा है कि ‘यह गांधी हमें चलेगा’।

    वरुण गांधी के भाषण पर ठाकरे ने उनकी पीठ ठोंकते हुए अपनी पार्टी के मुखपत्र ‘सामना’ में लिखे संपादकीय में कहा है कि “ये गांधी हमें चलेगा। इस गांधी से ठाकरे को प्यार हो गया है”।

    माफी मांगने का सवाल ही नहीं: वरुण गांधी

    ठाकरे ने कहा है कि वरुण गांधी ने उन्हें संजय गांधी की याद दिला दी और वरुण के मुंह से संजय गांधी का पुनर्जन्म हुआ है।

    हालांकि वरुण की तारीफ करते-करते ठाकरे मेनका गांधी की आलोचना करने से नहीं चूके।

    बाल ठाकरे ने मेनका गांधी पर निशाना साधते हुए कहा कि मेनका ने अपनी सारी उम्र कुत्ते-बिल्ली और सर्कस के जानवरों को समर्पित कर दी, पर वरुण में अपने पिता संजय गांधी के गुण हैं।

    वरुण गांधी ने बेहद भड़काऊ भाषण दिया

    बाल ठाकरे ने कहा, “गांधी-नेहरू वंश का ये कुलदीपक हिन्दू हित की भाषा बोल रहा है”।

    बाल ठाकरे अपने लेख में मीडिया की आलोचना करने से भी नहीं चूके और कहा कि वरुण गांधी ने जहर नहीं उगला। वरुण ने हिन्दू जनमानस में दहक रही आग उगली है। वरूण के मन में हिन्दुत्व की आग है, ये गांधी औरों से अलग है।

    वरुण से भाजपा नाराज, वरुण बयान से पलटे

    गौरतलब है कि वरुण गांधी ने गत 6 मार्च को एक चुनावी सभा को संबोधित करते हुए कहा था, “अगर कोई हिंदुओं की तरफ उंगली उठाएगा या समझेगा कि हिंदू कमजोर हैं और उनका कोई नेता नहीं है, अगर कोई सोचता है कि ये नेता वोटों के लिए हमारे जूते चाटेंगे, तो मैं गीता की कसम खाकर कहता हूं कि मैं उस हाथ को काट डालूंगा”।

    वरुण गांधी ने देश के राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गांधी को भी नहीं बख्शा। उन्होंने कहा, “गांधीजी कहा करते थे कि कोई एक गाल पर थप्पड़ मारे तो उसके सामने दूसरा गाल कर दो ताकि वह इस गाल पर भी थप्पड़ मार सके। यह क्या है। अगर आपको कोई एक थप्पड़ मारे तो आप उसका हाथ काट डालिए कि आगे से वह आपको थप्पड़ नहीं मार सके”।

    वरुण गांधी की शिकायत करेंगे: कांग्रेस

    इसके बाद वरुण के खिलाफ चुनाव आयोग के निर्देश पर स्थानीय प्रशासन ने पुलिस में आपराधिक मामला दर्ज करवाया है। साथ-साथ जन प्रतिनिधित्व कानून के तहत भी मामला दर्ज किया गया है।

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    3. MNachiappan Says:
    Posted on March 18th, 2009

    ‘ अगर किसी गलत तत्व के आदमी ने किसी हिंदू पर ये सोच कर हाथ उठाया कि वह कमजोर है तो मैं गीता पर हाथ रह कर कहता हूं कि मैं उस हाथ को काट डालूंगा।’

    “If any person based on wrong ideology, thinking that Hindus are weak and raises his hangs, I swear putting my hands on the Gita that I shall cut off those hands”

    But here, he has not mentioned anything specifically about the “person”.

    How then, media interprets that he spoke against Muslims?

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    4. MNachiappan Says:
    Posted on March 18th, 2009

    From the excerpts made available, it does not appear Varun Gandhi has used the ‘M’ word.

    The first the reason behind his outburst is below

    from abhishek mehrotra

    Hi Saw ur chat with Raajdeep on CNN-IBN yesterday. U were fabulous.
    Made them speechless. Keep it up.Best Wishes Abhishek

    Text-

    In a prime time discussion with Rajdeep Sardesai on CNN-IBN on 17th
    March at 9 pm show veteran journalist and columnist Tarun Vijay said
    that Varun Gandhi hasn’t spoken against any community. Pilibhit is run
    under a complete Islamic dispensation with the District Magistrate,
    Additional D.M., Sub Divisional Magistrate- all Muslims posted there.
    Its represented by three MLAs and all of them are Muslims. In the last
    couple of months five hundred cows were slaughtered by Muslims and
    reported to administration through Maneka Gandhi’s office. Nothing
    happened. Kidnappings and rapes of Hindu girls is a matter of
    routine.

    Its a border area , neighbouring Nepal and hence all sorts of criminal
    activities goes on. So in this situation Varun Gandhi only tried to
    infuse some confidence and assure them that they are not alone. Varun
    only sworn on Gita as a Hindu. Any one, including me would do that-if
    someone attacks my sister or mother , I would say-I shall not spare
    the attacker. Varun’s missive was against the traitors and
    anti-national’ s like Afzal and Kasab. He was emotional and didnt utter
    the words that are being attributed to him ie naming any community
    Excerpts ..

    Badey daraawne naam hotey hain inke… Karimullah, Mazharullah. .. Varun Gandhi kaat daalega…’
    Express news service, Mar 18, 2009
    http://www.indianex press.com/ news/badey- daraawne- naam-hotey- hain-inke. ..-karimullah- mazharullah. ..-var… /435950/
    New Delhi: The following are excerpts from speeches that Varun Gandhi is shown as delivering in at least two locations earlier this month in Pilibhit, from where he is contesting as the BJP candidate. The speeches figure in a video recording viewed by The Indian Express. On the directions of the Election Commission, the police today registered a criminal case against Gandhi.

    Yeh panja nahi hai, yeh kamal ka haath hai. Yeh kat** ke galey ko kaat dega chunaav ke baad. Jai Shri Ram! Ram ji ki jai! Varun Gandhi kaat daalega! Kaat denge us haath ko, kaat denge, kaat daalega!

    [This is not the (Congress symbol) ‘hand’, this is the hand of the ‘lotus’. It will cut the throat of the (derogatory reference to a Muslim) after the elections… Varun Gandhi will cut… Cut that hand, cut it, cut it.]

    Apne jao, apne gaon mein jao aur halla karo ki saara Hindu ek tarfa ho jao, chhetra ko Pakistan hone se bachao, aur saara Hindu ek tarfa ho jao!
    [Go to your villages and give the call that all Hindus must unite to save this area from becoming Pakistan…]

    Kya yeh sach nahin hai… ki usko bola gaya ki mataji aapka naam kya hai… agar usne bola ki Bimla Devi, to usko kahaa ki dekhenge, sochenge… pehle paanch hazaar rupaye do… aur agar uska naam hai Saira Bano ya jo bhi Begum Hukum Begum… hum to jaante nahin hain… badey daraawne naam hotey hain inke… Karimullah.. . Mazharullah. … agar raat ko kabhi dikh jaayen… to darr rahen hain…

    [Is it not true… that if (a woman) is asked her name and she says Bimla Devi, she is told we’ll see, we’ll think (about giving Government aid), give us Rs 5,000 first… But if her name is Saira Bano or whatever begum Hukum Begum… I don’t even know… These people have such scary-sounding names… Karimullah, Mazharullah. .. If you ever encountered them at night, you’d be scared…]

    Meri ek behan hai… to ek pamphlet chhapa tha jisme saare pratiyashiyon ka picture likha hua hai… toh meri behan… us bitiya ne kaha… Bhaiya mujhe nahi pata tha ki aapke chhetra mein Osama bin Laden chunaav lad rahein hain… Maine kaha beta Osama bin Laden ko to America pakad nahi liya lekin Varun Gandhi ke to pakad mein bahut aane waale hain chunaav ke baad!

    [I have a sister… there was a pamphlet with pictures of all the candidates… so this child told me, ‘I didn’t know that Osama bin Laden is contesting from your area.’ I told her, ‘America couldn’t get Osama, but Varun Gandhi is going to get a lot of people after the elections.’]

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    5. MNachiappan Says:
    Posted on March 18th, 2009

    I’ve been a victim of political conspiracy: Varun Gandhi
    18 Mar 2009, 1206 hrs IST, TIMESOFINDIA.COM
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Im-a-victim-of-political-conspiracy-Varun/art icleshow/4280751.cms

    NEW DELHI: A day after an FIR was filed against BJP candidate from Pilibhit (UP) Varun Gandhi for his inflammatory remarks with communal overtones, Gandhi today said that a big political conspiracy was behind the controversy and the CD showing his alleged anti-Muslim tirade had been doctored.

    Referring to the CD which has video footage of his communal speech, Gandhi said, “I’ve been a victim of political conspiracy. This is a vigorous attempt to malign my faith…Those are not my words, this is not my voice.”

    “The CD has been doctored,” he claimed.

    TV reports quoting UP police sources, however, say the CD is authentic and the voice belongs to Varun Gandhi.

    While addressing an election meeting in Pilibhit from where he is being fielded, Varun Gandhi had said, “This is not a ‘Hand’ (Congress symbol), it is the power of the ‘Lotus’ (BJP symbol). It will cut the head of ……. Jai Shri Ram.”

    Continuing in the same vein, he told another meeting “If anyone raises a finger towards Hindus or if someone thinks that Hindus are weak and leaderless, if someone thinks that these leaders lick our boots for votes, if anyone raises a finger towards Hindus, then I swear on Gita that I will cut that hand.”

    Today, while addressing the media, he said, “I am a Gandhi, a Hindu and an Indian in equal measure,”

    He went on to add, “I have not made any communal statement…I want the people to stand by me. It is a malicious attempt to brand me communal. There is no question of my having any ill feeling towards (any) community,” he said.

    “My attempt is to instill confidence in a community which feels it is under siege in their own country.”

    Sticking to the saffron party’s roots, the son of late Sanjay Gandhi and BJP leader Maneka Gandhi asserted “I am a proud Hindu…I’m proud of my faith, not apologetic about it,”

    Thousands of people from the Hindu community had been arrested under the National Security Act, temples had been vandalised and village pradhans threatened daily, the scion of the estranged Gandhi family said and claimed his effort was “to restore confidence in the community”.

    Pilibhit, he said, was a sensitive border area and there was the widespread fear that arms had been smuggled in.

    Declaring that India was “a big country with a big heart”, he said the CD was supposed to have been based on a speech given on March 4 but released on March 16.

    The Election Commission on Tuesday asked its UP chief electoral officer Anuj Bishnoi to file an FIR against Varun under sections 153A (inciting communal hatred) and 188 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code and section 125 of the Representative of People’s Act.

    Soon after, station officer of Barkhera in Lakhimpur district registered an FIR against the young leader who is standing from a seat nurtured by his mother. EC has separately issued notice to Varun and BJP, transferred two officials and suspended another two. The charge of inciting enmity between communities can result in three years in jail — a sentence of two years can bar a person from contesting polls.

    This is the third FIR against Varun in the constituency that Maneka has vacated for him after deciding to move to neighbouring Aonla.

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    6. MNachiappan Says:
    Posted on March 19th, 2009

    ISSUE HIGHLY POLITICIZED!

    Maya’s action over Varun’s hate speech
    NDTV Correspondent
    Thursday, March 19, 2009, (Lucknow)
    http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090088085

    H eads roll in Uttar Pradesh after the Varun Gandhi hate-speech in Pilibhit. But it’s not the BJP, it’s the state Chief Minister Mayawati who is taking action.

    After an enquiry by the DGP and the state Home Secretary, she has ordered the suspension of the Pilibhit Assistant Superintendent of Police, the Sub district magistrate and the SO of Barkheda.

    The Election Commission had also ordered the suspension of ASP and SDM, as well as the transfer of the DM and SSP.

    Varun Gandhi in a presser said that the anti-Muslim speech was doctored, but at the same time, he defended his Hindutva agenda.

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    7. MNachiappan Says:
    Posted on March 19th, 2009

    AS USUAL, VEERAMANI- CHANCELLOR HAS COME OUT WITH HIS OWN INTERPRETATION AS FOLLOWS:

    HE SAYS “HEADS” INSTEAD OF “HANDS”!

    சேர்வார் தோஷமோ!
    முசுலீம்களின் தலைகளை வெட்டுவாராம்!
    http://files.periyar.org.in/viduthalai/20090318/news05.html
    http://files.periyar.org.in/viduthalai/20090318/thalai.html

    வரு ண்காந்தி கைது செய்யப்படுகிறார்

    பீலிபட், மார்ச். 18- மேனகா காந்தியின் மகன் வருண் காந்தி உத்தரப்பிரதேசம் மாநிலம் பீலிபட் தொகு தியில் பாரதீய ஜனதா கட்சி வேட்பாளராக நிறுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளார். அங்கு பிரச்சாரத்தில் ஈடுபட்ட அவர் ஆவேச மாக பேசினார். அதில் ஒரு பேச்சு முஸ்லிம்க ளுக்கு எதிராக உள்ள தாக கூறப்பட்டது. அவ ருடைய பேச்சை சி.டி. யாக தொகுத்து எதிர்க் கட்சியினர் வெளியிட்டு உள்ளனர். அதில் இடம் பெற்றுள்ள அவருடைய பேச்சு வருமாறு:- இது எனது கை (தனது கையை உயர்த்திய படி) காங்கிரஸ் கட்சியின் சின்னமான கை அல்ல. இது தாமரையின் சக்தி. இது தலைகளை துண் டிக்கும். ஜெய்ஸ்ரீராம். யாராவது இந்துக்களை நோக்கி விரலை நீட்டி னால், யாராவது இந்துக் கள் பலவீனமானவர்கள் என்று நினைத்தால், கீதை யில் சொன்னபடி அவர் கள் தலையை நான் வெட்டுவேன். இவ்வாறு பேச்சு உள்ளது. அதில் ஒரு இடத்தில் முஸ்லிம் என்ற பேச்சும் இருக்கிறது. இதுபற்றி தேர்தல் கமிஷனிடம் காங்கிரஸ் புகார் கொடுத் துள்ளது. இதற்கு விளக் கம் கேட்டு வருண்காந் திக்கு தேர்தல் கமிஷன் நோட்டீசு அனுப்பி இருக் கிறது. வருண்காந்தி பேச் சுக்கு காங்கிரஸ் செய்தித் தொடர்பாளர் அபிஷேக் சிங்வி கண்டனம் தெரி வித்து உள்ளார். பாரதீய ஜனதா கட்சி யில் அவர் இருப்பதால் அந்த கட்சியின் கொள் கைகளை அவர் கூறி இருக்கிறார் என்றார். பாரதீய ஜனதா கட்சியில் உள்ள முஸ்லிம் தலைவ ரான முக்தார் அப்பாஸ் நக்வி கூறும்போது, வருண் காந்தி காங்கிரஸ் குடும் பத்தில் இருந்து வந்தவர் என்பதால் அந்த கட்சி கலாச்சாரத்தை வெளிப் படுத்தி இருக்கிறார். இது பாரதீய ஜனதா கொள்கை அல்ல என்றார். பாரதீய ஜனதாவில் உள்ள இன்னொரு முஸ் லிம் தலைவரான ஷான வாசும் கண்டனம் தெரி வித்து உள்ளார். இந்த பேச்சு உத்தரப்பிரதேசத் தில் கொந்தளிப்பான நிலையை உருவாக்கி உள் ளது. ஆனால் வருண் காந்தி நான் இப்படி பேச வில்லை. என் பேச்சை திருத்தி மோசடி செய்து சி.டி.யாக தயாரித்து உள் ளனர். இதுபற்றி நாளை டெல்லியில் விளக்கம் அளிக்கப் போகிறேன் என்றார். வருண்காந்தி பேச்சு பாரதீய ஜனதாவுக்கு தலைவலியை ஏற்படுத்தி உள்ளது. எனவே கட்சி வேட்பாளர்கள் அனை வரும் பிரச்சாரத்தில் மோச மான வார்த்தைகளை பயன்படுத்த கூடாது என்று பாரதீய ஜனதா கட்டளையிட்டு உள்ள தாம். வருண்காந்தியைக் கைது செய்ய நடவ டிக்கை எடுக்கப்படுகிறது.

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    8. MNachiappan Says:
    Posted on March 19th, 2009

    நான் ஒரு காந்தி, இந்து மற்றும் இந்தியன்: வருண் ஆவேசப் பேட்டி

    தினமலர், மார்ச் 19,2009,00:00 IST
    http://www.dinamalar.com/Arasiyalnewsdetail.asp?News_id=8182&cls=row3&nc at=IN

    புதுடில்லி:”"நான் இந்துவாக இருப்பதிலும், இந்தியனாக இருப்பதிலும் பெருமைப்படு கிறேன். அதேநேரத்தில், எந்த ஒரு சமூகத் திற்கு எதிராகவும் நான் பாதகமான கருத்துக் களைத் தெரிவிக்கவில்லை,'’ என, வருண்காந்தி கூறியுள்ளார்.டில்லியில் நேற்று நிருபர்களைச் சந்தித்த அவர் கூறியதாவது:

    பொதுக் கூட்டத்தில் நான் பேசிய பேச்சுக்கள் மாற்றி அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. என்னை களங்கப்படுத்துவதற்காக அரசியல் ரீதியாக சதி செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. நான் இந்துவாக இருப்பதிலும், இந்தியனாக இருப்பதிலும் பெருமைப்படுகிறேன். எனது சமய நம்பிக் கையை நினைத்து நான் பெருமை கொள்கிறேன். அதற்காக நான் மன்னிப்புக் கேட்க மாட்டேன். நான் ஒரு காந்தி, இந்து மற்றும் இந்தியன். யாரையும் புண்படுத்தும் வகையில், எந்தப் பொதுக் கூட்டத்திலும் பேசவில்லை.அரசியல் சதியால் நான் பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள் ளேன்.

    சிடி’யில் வெளியானதாக கூறப்படும் வார்த்தைகள் எல்லாம் என்னுடையவை அல்ல. அதில் இருப்பதும் என் குரல் அல்ல. எந்த ஒரு சமூகத்திற்கு எதிராகவும் நான் கருத்துக் களைத் தெரிவிக்கவில்லை.நான் இந்தியாவுக்கு ஆதரவானவன். வேறு யாருக்கும் எதிரானவன் அல்ல. இந்த விஷயத்தில் நாடு எனக்கு துணையாக இருக்க வேண் டும் என, விரும்புகிறேன். சொந்த நாட்டிற் குள்ளேயே பரிதவிக்கும் சமூகத்தினருக்கு நம்பிக்கை ஏற்படுத்தும் வகையில்தான் பேசினேன்.

    உ.பி., மாநிலத்தின் மத்திய பகுதியில் உள்ள 20 மாவட்டங்களில் சட்டம் ஒழுங்கு நில வரம் சரியில்லை. ஆயுதக் கடத்தல் அதிகரித்துள்ளது. இந்தியாவுக்கு எதிராக செயல்படு வதற்காக இந்த ஆயுதக் கடத்தல் நடக்கிறது. நூற்றுக்கணக்கான பசுக்கள் கொல்லப்படு கின்றன. நூற்றுக் கணக்கான இந்துக்கள் தேசிய பாதுகாப்புச் சட்டத்தின் கீழ் கைது செய்யப் படுகின்றனர்.இவ்வாறு வருண்காந்தி கூறினார்.

    வருண்காந்தியின் தாயாரான மேனகா காந்தி கூறுகையில், “எனது மகனின் பேச்சுக்கள் அடங்கிய, “சிடி’யில் திருத்தங்கள் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளன. அவனை மதவாதி என களங்கப் படுத்த, முயற்சி மேற்கொள்ளப் பட்டுள்ளது’ என்றார்.”வருண்காந்தியின் முஸ்லிம் விரோத பேச்சுக்கள் மதசார்பற்ற ஜனநாயகத்திற்கு எதிரானவை’ என, காங்கிரஸ் கட்சி கூறி யுள்ளது.

    மத்திய அமைச்சர் கபில்சிபல் இதுதொடர்பாக மேலும் கூறியதாவது:வருண் காந்திக்கு எதிராக பா.ஜ., நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கவேண்டும். இல்லையெனில், அந்தக் கட்சிக்கும் இதில் தொடர்பு உண்டு என்றே சொல்லலாம். அவர்கள் ஆதரவுடன் பேசியிருப்பதாக நம்பலாம். அவரது பேச்சு நமது மதசார்பற்ற ஜனநாயகத்தின் அடிப்படை அம்சங்களுக்கு முரணானது. இவ்வாறு கபில்சிபல் கூறினார்.

    மார்க்சிஸ்டு தலைவர்களில் ஒருவரான யெச்சூரி, “வருணை பிலிபிட் தொகுதியில் போட்டியிட பா.ஜ., அனுமதிக்கக் கூடாது’ என்றார்.”வருண்காந்தியின் பேச்சுக்கள் கண்டிக்கத்தவை’ என, பீகார் முதல்வர் நிதிஷ்குமாரும் கூறியுள்ளார்.இதனிடையே வருண்பேச்சின் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கத் தவறியதாகக் கூறி பிலிபிட் கலெக்டர் மற்றும் எஸ்.பி., ஆகியோரை சஸ்பெண்ட் செய்யக்கூறி தேர்தல் கமிஷன் நடவடிக்கை எடுத்திருக்கிறது.

    சஞ்சய் வாரிசு வருண்: பால்தாக்கரே ஆதரவு:மும்பை: வருண்காந்தியின் சர்ச்சைக்குரிய பேச்சுக்கு சிவசேனா தலைவர் பால்தாக்கரே ஆதரவு தெரிவித்துள்ளார். இதுதொடர்பாக, சிவசேனா கட்சியின் பத்திரிகையான, “சாம்னா’வில் அவர் கூறியுள்ளதாவது:இந்துக்கள் மத்தியில் எழுந்துள்ள அதிருப்தி மற்றும் கோபம் பற்றியே வருண் பேசியுள்ளார். இந்துக்களின் மீட்பாளராக சஞ்சய்காந்தி இருந்தார்.

    முஸ்லிம்களை சமாதானப்படுத்தும் நடவடிக்கையில் அவர் ஒரு போதும் ஈடுபட்ட தில்லை. நாட்டில் உள்ள இந்துக்களின் நலன் பற்றியே பேசினார். அதுபோல, அவரின் வாரிசான வருண்காந்தியும் அதே குணாதிசயங்களைக் கொண்டவராக உள்ளார். உண்மையைத்தான் வருண்காந்திபேசியுள்ளார்.

    அவர் பேசியதில் தவறில்லை. அதனால், அவருக்கு பாரதிய ஜனதா கட்சி ஆதரவு தெரிவிக்க வேண்டும். அவரை கைவிடக் கூடாது. நம்நாடு ஜனநாயக நாடு என அழைக்கிறோம். இந்த ஜனநாயகத்திற்கு ஆதரவாகவே வருண் பேசியுள்ளார். அவரின் பேச்சை நிறுத்த முற்பட வேண்டாம். வருண்காந்தி மன்னிப்புக் கேட்க வேண்டிய அவசியமும் இல்லை.

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    9. MNachiappan Says:
    Posted on March 19th, 2009

    Varun moves HC challenging FIR, alleges political conspiracy
    http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/6E6738CA8F4277816525757E003B00B9?Open Document

    Allahabad, Mar 19 (PTI) BJP leader Varun Gandhi, against whom a criminal case has been filed on the directive of the Election Commission over his anti-Muslim speeches, today moved the Allahabad High Court seeking quashing of the FIR which, he claimed, was a result of “a political conspiracy”.
    In his petition, 29-year-old Varun has challenged the FIR filed on March 17 at Barkheda Police Station under Sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 125 of the Representation of the People Act.

    The grandson of former prime minister Indira Gandhi who is planning to make his electoral debut in the upcoming general elections as BJP candidate from Pilibhit alleged in his petition that the FIR, which was lodged nine days after he made the speeches, was “a part of a political conspiracy” to spoil his political career and tarnish his “secular image”.

    He has also alleged that the video footage of a public meeting, on the basis of which the Election Commission has taken the action, “has been tampered with” and did not contain his voice. PTI

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    10. MNachiappan Says:
    Posted on March 20th, 2009

    Delhi High Court gives anticipatory bail to Varun Gandhi
    20 Mar 2009, 1131 hrs IST, IANS
    http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Anticipatory-bail-for-Varun-G andhi/articleshow/4290999.cms

    NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted Varun Gandhi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) anticipatory bail in a criminal case filed
    against him on the directions of the Election Commission over his alleged anti-Muslim speeches.

    Justice Reva Khetrapal granted anticipatory bail to Varun Gandhi till March 27 after his lawyers pleaded before the court that the provision for anticipatory bail wasn’t available in Uttar Pradesh. The candidate from Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls was asked to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000.

    The first information report (FIR) against Varun Gandhi was filed at Barkheda Police Station in Pilibhit under Sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 125 of the Representation of the People Act.

    The grandson of late prime minister Indira Gandhi, Varun Gandhi, who is planning to make his electoral debut this year, has alleged that the FIR, which was lodged nine days after he made the alleged speeches, was a part of a conspiracy to spoil his political career and tarnish his secular image.

    In the FIR, Varun Gandhi has been accused of having delivered a communally inflammatory speech on March 8 which has caused insecurity in the minds of one particular community.

    The FIR also states that the meeting was held without permission and in violation of Section 144 imposed by the local administration.

    Holding that his alleged anti-Muslim speeches amount to violation of the model code of conduct, the Election Commission Wednesday slapped notices on Varun Gandhi and the BJP, seeking their response by Friday and ordered video tracking of his entire campaign. Varun Gandhi replied to the notice Friday.

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