Varun charged with attempt to murder, rioting

Pilibhit, Mar 29 (PTI) BJP Lok Sabha candidate Varun Gandhi has been charged with attempt to murder, rioting and other offences in an FIR filed in connection with violence that erupted here even as police today maintained a close vigil to maintain law and order in this district.
29-year-old Varun, along with Uttar Pradesh BJP chief [...]

Gujarat minister gives up: Riot case

From deccanchronicle.com
Gujarat child welfare minister Mayaben Kodnani, accused of leading rioters in the post-Godhra carnage, resigned from her post and surrendered before the Supreme Court-appointed special investigative team (SIT) on Friday after the Gujarat high court rejected her plea for anticipatory bail. The development is a big blow to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and [...]

Cong slams Advani of being ’silent’ on Varun issue

From Expressindia.com
The Congress party criticised BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani for being “silent” on the party’s candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi’s hate speeches that have created a political storm.
“The silent Advaniji is completely in tune with what is happening because without his consent this could not have happened. He could have easily stopped [...]

HC dismisses Varun’s plea for quashing of hate speech FIR

From PTI.com
Allahabad, Mar 25 (PTI) In a blow to BJP Lok Sabha candidate Varun Gandhi, the Allahabad High Court today rejected his plea for quashing of an FIR filed against him for his alleged anti-Muslim speeches in Pilibhit.
In its order, a division bench comprising justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and S C Nigam said, “the petition stands [...]

Varun charged with making hate-speech again

From The Hindu
Varun Gandhi on Sunday faced yet another charge of making a hate-speech in Pilibhit even as the EC deliberates for the second day on Sunday on his reply defending allegations of making inflammatory remarks with communal overtones in the same constituency.
V M Singh, the Congress candidate from Pilibhit, has stated in his [...]

Varun is our candidate from Pilibhit, affirms BJP

March 20th, 2009 – 5:48 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Varun Gandhi remains the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh despite being hauled up by the Election Commission for his allegedly communal speeches.
“Varun Gandhi is our candidate from Pilibhit. He is the declared candidate of the [...]

Varun Gandhi has to prove tapes were doctored: Poll panel

Kolkata (IANS) From The Hindu: Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami on Thursday said it is for Varun Gandhi to prove that the tape, which allegedly show him delivering inflammatory speeches, was ‘doctored’.
“We did not prepare the tapes, they were broadcast by a television channel. We have taken it from them,” Mr. Gopalaswami told reporters. [...]

Varun Gandhi seeks anticipatory bail from Delhi High Court

From The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi Thursday sought anticipatory bail from the Delhi High Court in a criminal case filed
against him on direction of the Election Commission over his alleged anti-Muslim speeches.
Earlier in the day, Varun Gandhi also moved Allahabad High Court seeking quashing of the first [...]