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==Career==
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In an interview to [[Stephen Sackur]] in [[BBC]]'s [[HARDtalk]] in October 2005, Gandhi answered questions about the reasons behind his political affiliation and defended his father as someone who had helped revive the industrialisation of India by starting [[Maruti Udyog]] and whose strategy helped the Congress party's comeback after the first ever non-Congress [[Janata Dal]] government following an [[Indian general election, 1977|electoral routing]] for the Indira Gandhi-government after [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]], among many other things.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sackur|first= Stephen|title=Hardtalk|publisher=BBC|date=18 October 2005|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/4353708.stm}}</ref>
In an interview to [[Stephen Sackur]] in [[BBC]]'s [[HARDtalk]] in October 2005, Gandhi answered questions about the reasons behind his political affiliation and defended his father as someone who had helped revive the industrialisation of India by starting [[Maruti Udyog]] and whose strategy helped the Congress party's comeback after the first ever non-Congress [[Janata Dal]] government following an [[Indian general election, 1977|electoral routing]] for the Indira Gandhi-government after [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]], among many other things.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sackur|first= Stephen|title=Hardtalk|publisher=BBC|date=18 October 2005|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/4353708.stm}}</ref>


In the [[Indian general election, 2009|2009 general election]], the BJP decided to field Varun Gandhi as its candidate from the [[Pilibhit (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pilibhit constituency]] instead of his mother [[Maneka Gandhi]].<ref>[http://www.bjp.org/Press/nov_2008/nov_1108_p.pdf Bharatiya Janata Party – The Party with a Difference]. BJP. Retrieved on 9 August 2011.</ref> He won the seat by receiving 419,539 votes and defeated his nearest contending candidate, V.M. Singh, by a margin of 281,501 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Varun-rant--Modi-fail-to-jack-up-BJP-fortunes/461019|title=Varun Gandhi wins from Pilibhit|accessdate=16 May 2009|publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/uttarpradesh/4_1_5473985.html|title=Varun Gandhi received large chank of votes in 2009 election|accessdate=16 May 2009|publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/uttarpradesh/4_1_5473988.html|title=Varun Gandhi defeated his opponents in 2009 election|accessdate=16 May 2009|publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ListofWinningCandidated.pdf|title=ECI declares Varun Gandhi as Winner from Pilibhit|accessdate=16 May 2009|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2009/May/opinion_May95.xml&section=opinion&col=|title=Pilibhit Message of 2009|accessdate=19 May 2009|publisher=[[Khaleej Times]]}}</ref> The victory was the strongest of any of the four Gandhi family candidates in the election: his mother [[Maneka Gandhi]], aunt [[Sonia Gandhi]] and first cousin [[Rahul Gandhi]]. The security deposits of all other candidates, including those of V.M. Singh of the [[Indian National Congress]] and the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate Ganga Charan Rajput were forfeited.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-24/india/28182006_1_security-deposits-bsp-nominee-congress-leader|title=1,368 candidates lost security deposits in UP|accessdate=24 May 2009|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 May 2009}}</ref> A case was filed against Gandhi for allegedly making a provocative speech about Muslims, at a meeting at Dalchand Mohalla area of Pilibhit, however he was acquitted by in court in the matter.<ref name="Indianexpress.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/varun-gandhis-hatemuslim-speech-makes-his/435400/|title=Varun Gandhi’s hate-Muslim speech makes his BJP squirm|publisher=Indian Express|date=17 March 2009|accessdate=11 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="YN-20130227">{{cite news|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/court-acquits-varun-gandhi-in-one-hate-speech-case-114032656.html|title=Court acquits Varun Gandhi in 2009 hate speech case|date=2013-02-27|work=Yahoo News!|accessdate=28 February 2013}}</ref> On 5 March 2013, a [[Pilibhit]] court acquitted Gandhi in the second hate speech case registered against him during the 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-05/india/37469147_1_barkhera-police-station-inflammatory-speeches-varun-gandhi|title=Varun Gandhi Acquitted in Second Hate Speech Case|date=2013-03-05|work=TimesOfIndia}}</ref>
In the [[Indian general election, 2009|2009 general election]], the BJP decided to field Varun Gandhi as its candidate from the [[Pilibhit (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pilibhit constituency]] instead of his mother [[Maneka Gandhi]].<ref>[http://www.bjp.org/Press/nov_2008/nov_1108_p.pdf Bharatiya Janata Party – The Party with a Difference]. BJP. Retrieved on 9 August 2011.</ref> He won the seat by receiving 419,539 votes and defeated his nearest contending candidate, V.M. Singh, by a margin of 281,501 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Varun-rant--Modi-fail-to-jack-up-BJP-fortunes/461019|title=Varun Gandhi wins from Pilibhit|accessdate=16 May 2009|publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/uttarpradesh/4_1_5473985.html|title=Varun Gandhi received large chank of votes in 2009 election|accessdate=16 May 2009|publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/uttarpradesh/4_1_5473988.html|title=Varun Gandhi defeated his opponents in 2009 election|accessdate=16 May 2009|publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ListofWinningCandidated.pdf|title=ECI declares Varun Gandhi as Winner from Pilibhit|accessdate=16 May 2009|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2009/May/opinion_May95.xml&section=opinion&col=|title=Pilibhit Message of 2009|accessdate=19 May 2009|publisher=[[Khaleej Times]]}}</ref> The victory was the strongest of any of the four Gandhi family candidates in the election: his mother [[Maneka Gandhi]], aunt [[Sonia Gandhi]] and first cousin [[Rahul Gandhi]]. The security deposits of all other candidates, including those of V.M. Singh of the [[Indian National Congress]] and the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate Ganga Charan Rajput were forfeited.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-24/india/28182006_1_security-deposits-bsp-nominee-congress-leader|title=1,368 candidates lost security deposits in UP|accessdate=24 May 2009|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 May 2009}}</ref> A case was filed against Gandhi for allegedly making a provocative speech about Muslims, at a meeting at Dalchand Mohalla area of Pilibhit, however he was acquitted by in court in the matter.<ref name="Indianexpress.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/varun-gandhis-hatemuslim-speech-makes-his/435400/|title=Varun Gandhi’s hate-Muslim speech makes his BJP squirm|publisher=Indian Express|date=17 March 2009|accessdate=11 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="YN-20130227">{{cite news|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/court-acquits-varun-gandhi-in-one-hate-speech-case-114032656.html|title=Court acquits Varun Gandhi in 2009 hate speech case|date=2013-02-27|work=Yahoo News!|accessdate=28 February 2013}}</ref> On 5 March 2013, a [[Pilibhit]] court acquitted Gandhi in the second hate speech case registered against him during the 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-05/india/37469147_1_barkhera-police-station-inflammatory-speeches-varun-gandhi|title=Varun Gandhi Acquitted in Second Hate Speech Case|date=2013-03-05|work=TimesOfIndia}}</ref>
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Varun Gandhi
File:Varun G.jpg
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
Pilibhit
Assumed office
16 May 2009
Preceded byManeka Gandhi
General Secretary
Bharatiya Janata Party
Assumed office
19 June 2013
PresidentRajnath Singh
Personal details
Born
Varun Gandhi

(1980-03-13) 13 March 1980 (age 44)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
DiedElection Commission Of India
Resting placeElection Commission Of India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseYamini Roy Chowdhury
RelationsNehru–Gandhi family
Parent
  • Election Commission Of India
ResidenceNew Delhi
Alma materLondon School of Economics
University of London
WebsiteVarun Gandhi
As of 16 May, 2009
Source: [1]

Feroze Varun Gandhi (born 13 March 1980) is an Indian politician, he is a member of Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India, representing the Pilibhit constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party National Executive and the youngest National Secretary in the history of the party.[2][3] Varun Gandhi was inducted into Rajnath Singh's Team 2014 in March 2013. He was appointed as General Secretary, becoming the youngest General Secretary in the history of the party. [4]

Formative years and education

Varun Gandhi was born in Delhi on 13 March 1980 to Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi, he is the grandson of the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi and the great-grandson of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. His father died in a plane crash when he was three months old in June 1980. His grandmother was assassinated when Varun was four years old on 31 October 1984. Indira Gandhi is said to have been very fond of Varun and was greatly distressed when his mother left the household.[5]

Varun attended Rishi Valley School and the British School, New Delhi, where he was elected secretary of the student council. He graduated from the London School of Economics[6]. [7] He completed his master's degree in public policy from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London[8] [9]

Career

In an interview to Stephen Sackur in BBC's HARDtalk in October 2005, Gandhi answered questions about the reasons behind his political affiliation and defended his father as someone who had helped revive the industrialisation of India by starting Maruti Udyog and whose strategy helped the Congress party's comeback after the first ever non-Congress Janata Dal government following an electoral routing for the Indira Gandhi-government after Emergency, among many other things.[10]

In the 2009 general election, the BJP decided to field Varun Gandhi as its candidate from the Pilibhit constituency instead of his mother Maneka Gandhi.[11] He won the seat by receiving 419,539 votes and defeated his nearest contending candidate, V.M. Singh, by a margin of 281,501 votes.[12][13][14][15][16] The victory was the strongest of any of the four Gandhi family candidates in the election: his mother Maneka Gandhi, aunt Sonia Gandhi and first cousin Rahul Gandhi. The security deposits of all other candidates, including those of V.M. Singh of the Indian National Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ganga Charan Rajput were forfeited.[17] A case was filed against Gandhi for allegedly making a provocative speech about Muslims, at a meeting at Dalchand Mohalla area of Pilibhit, however he was acquitted by in court in the matter.[18][19] On 5 March 2013, a Pilibhit court acquitted Gandhi in the second hate speech case registered against him during the 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign.[20]

In May 2013, Varun Gandhi was made in-charge of the BJP's affairs in West Bengal.

In June 2013, Gandhi requested Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to call an emergency all party meeting in view of the calamity in Uttarakhand in which thousands of people had died. He suggested a number of step like contribution from MPLADs fund, forgoing of three months salary by MPs and tax incentives for corporate and individuals for help. He has said that he spoke to many MPs and all of them were ready to contribute. He said that the Speaker should act as a catalyst and coordinate the action plan. [20]

In July 2013, Gandhi handed over a cheque of Rs 1 lakh from his salary account to family members of former Jan Sangh Member of Legislative Assembly late Bhagwati Prasad, who died at a government hospital after prolonged illness and age-related complications. The former MLA had to spend over an hour on the floor of an emergency ward before doctors at the hospital realised he was an ex-MLA and was subsequently given medical attention. His family didn't even have money to perform the last rites after his death. Varun said he came to know about Prasad only after his death. Describing the late MLA as a model of honesty, he said it was hard to find an honest leader like him. [20]

Jan Lokpal Bill

In August 2011, Varun Gandhi strongly pitched for the Jan Lokpal Bill. Gandhi offered his official residence to Hazare to hold his fast, after Hazare was denied permission by the government.[21] When Hazare was jailed, Gandhi offered to table the Jan Lokpal Bill in Parliament.[22] On 24 August, he went to Ramlila Maidan as a common man to support the cause of Anna Hazare, becoming the first politician to openly support the anti-corruption cause.[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ I am a Gandhi, a Hindu and an Indian, says Varun Express India - March 18, 2009
  2. ^ "Pilibhit Election Result". indiastudychannel. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Gadkari's new team: Varun chosen as youth icon by the BJP". IBN LIVE. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Modi Enters Parliamentary Board, Chauhan Ignored". firstpost.com. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  5. ^ Indira Gandhi: the last post By Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Published by Popular Prakashan, 1985
  6. ^ http://varungandhi.net.in/?page_id=32
  7. ^ Sitapati, Vinay (30 March 2009). "Varun told HC he has degrees from LSE, SOAS; the institutions say he does not". New Delhi: Indian Express. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ http://eci.nic.in/%7CElection Commission Of India
  9. ^ Sitapati, Vinay (30 March 2009). "Varun told HC he has degrees from LSE, SOAS; the institutions say he does not". New Delhi: Indian Express. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ Sackur, Stephen (18 October 2005). "Hardtalk". BBC.
  11. ^ Bharatiya Janata Party – The Party with a Difference. BJP. Retrieved on 9 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Varun Gandhi wins from Pilibhit". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  13. ^ "Varun Gandhi received large chank of votes in 2009 election". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  14. ^ "Varun Gandhi defeated his opponents in 2009 election". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  15. ^ "ECI declares Varun Gandhi as Winner from Pilibhit" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  16. ^ "Pilibhit Message of 2009". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  17. ^ "1,368 candidates lost security deposits in UP". The Times of India. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  18. ^ "Varun Gandhi's hate-Muslim speech makes his BJP squirm". Indian Express. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  19. ^ "Court acquits Varun Gandhi in 2009 hate speech case". Yahoo News!. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  20. ^ a b c "Varun Gandhi Acquitted in Second Hate Speech Case". TimesOfIndia. 5 March 2013. Cite error: The named reference "timesofindia.indiatimes.com" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  21. ^ "Varun offers house to Anna for protests". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  22. ^ "Varun jumps in, plans to table Anna's bill". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  23. ^ "Varun Gandhi visits Ramlila Ground to support Anna Hazare". The Indian Express. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
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