Varun Gandhi saffroniser face NSA

BJP young leader Varun Gandhi received notice in Pilibhit jail -two days judicial coustody for his hate speech, that he is booked under the National Security Act by the Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday night.The UP police said Varun Gandhi has been charged under Section 2 and 3 of the NSA for allegedly inciting communal tension in Pilibhit.

BJP reacted sharply to the invoking of NSA against its candidate Varun Gandhi, saying it was the "worst kind of vendetta politics at work"."This is pure vendetta politics aimed at vote bank," party spokesperson Prakash Javedkar said. 

He has the options to either approach Governor or go to the High court to file petition against the imposing of NSA in  of charges for destruction of public property and of attempt to murder.

Varun had staged what has been called a ’scripted drama’ outside the Pilibhit court when he surrendered himself before the court on Saturday.Varun’s mother Maneka Gandhi met him in the district jail on Saturday night.The Pilibhit police have also lodged FIR against Varun’s
supporters for violating the section 144.

(live-PR.com) - 2009-03-29 06:00:20 - BJP's incharge of polls for Uttar Pradesh, Kalraj Mishra, said he was here to observe the situation.

Congress criticised BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani for keeping "silent" on the Varun issue and said without his consent, this "drama" could not be enacted.

Varun Gandhi the great-grandson of first premier of Indian Pandit Jawarlal Nehru the saffron candidate for parliamentary election 2009 from the Pilibhit constituency ,nourished by his mother Manekha Gandhi,wife of Late Sanja Gandhi brother of former PM Rajiv Gandhi,duo sons of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.Varun with red color kurta, the color of saturday being the day of Great hindu
God Lord Hanuman,Varun was greeted by a large number of BJP supporters carrying saffron flags."The only objective of my coming here is to strengthen my people, my society and the whole country,I will not step back. If by my going to jail people get the strength to stand by their principles, I am ready to do so," he said amid slogans raised in his support.

He reached Pilibhit,the constituency which has more than 1.5 milion voters, on Saturday from Delhi,in midst of thousands of supporters raised slogans of Jai Sri Ram with saffron flags flying all over when Varun surrendered himself in the local court.Pilibhitt peoples following the road to the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Vipin Kumar wherein Varun is booked under three charges.Election Commission with three FIRs against him charging him under sections 295(a), 505(ii), 153(a) and 188 of the IPC. First one is of charge promoting enmity between people on the basis of religion are non-bailable.

Saffron flags supporters explicit of Varun muster support from the RSS rank and file which led RSS workers in the streets out to lend moral support to varun Gandhi.

Beserk response of workers put up the act of surrender depicting Varun new leader emerge in Pilibhit today, BJP leaders said many candidates from the Hindi heartland, Orissa and Maharashtra had asked for Varun to campaign for them. BJP is convinced of Varun’s act of surrender send him as fervent campaigner in ensuing General elections in some constituencies.BJP prime ministerial candidate Shri Lal Krishna Advani, while addressing a rally in Maharajganj in east UP, was mum about the happening of in Pilibhit of the saffron wave transmitting the political atmosphere extracting from the law to get maximum political mileage which falls in to build the hinutava of the saffron intact.

Varun's supporters running in thousand were in hours of pitched battles with police leaving over 20 injured. Maneka Gandhi, sitting MP from Pilibhit who visited the jail and met her son, said that 45 people were injured in police firing including 25 by a Muslim police inspector.

Varun, arrived here in the morning to a tumultuous welcome from a large number of BJP workers and saffron activists, was arrested and later remanded to judicial custody till Monday by Chief Judicial Magistrate Vipin Kumar. His bail plea will come up for hearing on Monday.

With brief court proceedings, the area around the district jail where he was taken, was turned into a battle zone with RSS activists of the Sangh Parivar attacking officials and attempting to block police from taking Gandhi to the jail.

Police fired rubber bullets and lathicharged the activists who indulged in heavy stone throwing. Police also returned the missiles and the situation was tense till late in the evening.

UP state government said in Lucknow that police used force to control the situation after BJP workers indulged in unprovoked violence. Chief Election Officer of Uttar Pradesh, Anuj Kumar Bisnoi, told newsperson in Lucknow on Saturday evening that the Election Commission is keeping a watch over the situation.BJP, however, said Mr. Varun Gandhi courting arrest is an act for law. The party spokesman Prakash Javdekar said, the law has been followed.

The CPI (M) Politburo member Sitaram Yechuri charged the BJP with trying to create communal unrest in Pilibhit over Varun Gandhi's recent remarks.

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