The advisory board which met on Friday to review the case registered under the National Security Act against Varun Gandhi has struck down the UP state governemnt's decison. The case has been revoked.Varun Gandhi was charged under the NSA for communally charged speech made at an election rally in Pilibhit.
Gandhi had presented his case before a three-member Advisory Board, on April 28, which is going into the maintainability of his detention by the Uttar Pradesh Government under the National Security Act. At present he is on parole.
The board consists senior judge of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Pradeep Kant, and comprising Justices (retired) P K Sareen and S N Sahay.
Gandhi was booked under the NSA on March 29 following the alleged hate speeches he delivered at election meetings in Pilibhit district. The police lodged four FIRs against him on March 28, following violence indulged in by his supporters in the town after his arrest.
Varun had challenged the invoking of the NSA against him by the district magistrate on the directions of the government.
Now Mayavathi and Congress need to answer the people why they have booked Varun under NSA?
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