The running in fighting between Rajnath Singh and Arun Jatley is the major news in the media during the last three days. A few may attribute it to the biased secular media. However, the fact remains that there is serious division within the rank and file of the party. This will have disastrous consequences in many of the constituencies across the country. Let us hope that better sense will prevail and there is a patch up till at least the elections. If this does not take place than the NDA will not be able to face the electorate in a united manner .
The controversy wracked up by the speeches of Varun Gandhi will not be causing any serious damage to the electoral prospects of the BJP as most of the leaders of the party will not stand by Varun Gandhi. This is very much evident by the statements and reactions from the leaders of the BJP who have been interviewed live by the electronic media.
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Varun gaffe: BJP wants apology; EC slaps criminal case
New Delhi: Shunning its 'other Gandhi' candidate, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Tuesday that Varun Gandhi should apologise for his inflammatory anti-Muslim remarks that go against the party's credo of "harmony and unity".
"We are of the strong belief that Varun Gandhi should apologise. The BJP dissociates itself from his remarks," Shahnawaz Hussain, the party's spokesperson in parliament, told reporters here.
"This (Gandhi's remarks) is not what the party stands for," Hussain asserted.
Echoing his view, BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said this was not the culture of the BJP.
"BJP believes in prosperity, harmony and unity and it is the only tool to fight terror," Naqvi said.
He did not refer to Varun Gandhi's Congress family background - he is the son of the late Sanjay Gandhi, former prime minister Indira Gandhi's younger son, and Maneka Gandhi - but said: "It is the Congress culture to divide society on the basis of caste and religion."
Clearly distancing himself from the controversy, Naqvi said it was up to the Election Commission to take action against Varun Gandhi if he had violated the model code of conduct.
The 29-year-old was Sunday issued a notice by the district authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit, the constituency so carefully nurtured by his mother who gave up the seat to ensure his easy entry into the Lok Sabha.
Varun Gandhi said in Pilibhit Tuesday that the CD containing his speech had been tampered with.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission Tuesday directed Uttar Pradesh's chief electoral officer (CEO) to file a criminal case against Varun for making allegedly communal campaign speeches.
"...Election Commission directs CEO Uttar Pradesh to file a case under the Indian Penal Code and Representation of People's Act against Varun Gandhi for violation of the model code of conduct," said an Election Commission statement here.
Maneka Gandhi, mother of Varun Gandhi, refused to comment Tuesday on the swirling controversy. "I don't want to say anything," Gandhi, who is five time MP from Pilibhit, said.
Source: Indo-Asian News Service
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So there appears to be no defender for Varnu Feroz Gandhi at the moment.He has planned to hold a Press Conference in New Delhi tomorrow as part of his salvage operation.
The controversy wracked up by the speeches of Varun Gandhi will not be causing any serious damage to the electoral prospects of the BJP as most of the leaders of the party will not stand by Varun Gandhi. This is very much evident by the statements and reactions from the leaders of the BJP who have been interviewed live by the electronic media.
The MSN further reports
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Varun gaffe: BJP wants apology; EC slaps criminal case
New Delhi: Shunning its 'other Gandhi' candidate, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Tuesday that Varun Gandhi should apologise for his inflammatory anti-Muslim remarks that go against the party's credo of "harmony and unity".
"We are of the strong belief that Varun Gandhi should apologise. The BJP dissociates itself from his remarks," Shahnawaz Hussain, the party's spokesperson in parliament, told reporters here.
"This (Gandhi's remarks) is not what the party stands for," Hussain asserted.
Echoing his view, BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said this was not the culture of the BJP.
"BJP believes in prosperity, harmony and unity and it is the only tool to fight terror," Naqvi said.
He did not refer to Varun Gandhi's Congress family background - he is the son of the late Sanjay Gandhi, former prime minister Indira Gandhi's younger son, and Maneka Gandhi - but said: "It is the Congress culture to divide society on the basis of caste and religion."
Clearly distancing himself from the controversy, Naqvi said it was up to the Election Commission to take action against Varun Gandhi if he had violated the model code of conduct.
The 29-year-old was Sunday issued a notice by the district authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit, the constituency so carefully nurtured by his mother who gave up the seat to ensure his easy entry into the Lok Sabha.
Varun Gandhi said in Pilibhit Tuesday that the CD containing his speech had been tampered with.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission Tuesday directed Uttar Pradesh's chief electoral officer (CEO) to file a criminal case against Varun for making allegedly communal campaign speeches.
"...Election Commission directs CEO Uttar Pradesh to file a case under the Indian Penal Code and Representation of People's Act against Varun Gandhi for violation of the model code of conduct," said an Election Commission statement here.
Maneka Gandhi, mother of Varun Gandhi, refused to comment Tuesday on the swirling controversy. "I don't want to say anything," Gandhi, who is five time MP from Pilibhit, said.
Source: Indo-Asian News Service
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So there appears to be no defender for Varnu Feroz Gandhi at the moment.He has planned to hold a Press Conference in New Delhi tomorrow as part of his salvage operation.