2009 -- India Election -

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<b>Varun Gandhi gets notice for alleged communal remarks</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>"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," Gandhi, son of the late Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka</b>, said from the top of his voice addressing an election meeting in Pilibhit from where he is being fielded.

Continuing in the same vein, he told another meeting<b> "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."</b>

Congress, headed by Varun's aunt Sonia Gandhi [Images], was quick to condemn the remarks as "unethical and against law".

"It is condemnable. He (Varun) is associated with a party which has this ideology (anti-minority) and culture," Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told media persons in New Delhi [Images].

On a complaint from the Congress party, Varun was slapped with a notice by the Election Commission charging him with violation of the model code of conduct for elections by his alleged making communal remarks during a rally held on March 6 in Pilibhit.
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Atleast one Hindu in Gandhi family