Revive Sanjay's sterilisation policy : Varun Gandhi !!!

BJP candidate from Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency Varun Gandhi favours revival of his father Sanjay Gandhi's controversial sterilisation policy and wants 'compulsory military service' for all Indians.

In an interview to The Daily Telegraph, Varun said he hoped to follow in his father's footsteps by offering strong leadership which, according to him, India lacked for 20 years.

Politics, the 29-year-old fire-brand BJP leader said, was his destiny, and added, "Anyone who says they have no ambition to achieve power at some stage is lying."

Besides reviving the sterilisation policy, Varun said he would also propose a bill in parliament to introduce compulsory military service for all Indians to unite the country and overcome caste and religious differences.

"Instead of people thinking of themselves as Tamils or Brahmins, they should think of themselves as Indians," he said.

Referring to his recent controversial remarks, Varun denied threatening Muslims, but had vowed to protect local people from 'anti-social' elements after three local girls were reportedly gang-raped. As he toured his constituency in a convoy accompanied by armed guards, he made a clear reference to his controversial stand when he told voters that he was 'fighting for your self-respect'.

NSA against Varun Gandhi Revoked: Big Boost for BJP !!!

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 The case has been revoked.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?

We are against Tamil Eelam : BJP

The BJP is opposed to separate Tamil Eelam and the party, on coming to power at the Centre, would ensure equal rights and privileges to the Lankan Tamils on par with their Sinhalese counterparts, party senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu said today.

Talking to newspersons, Mr Naidu, who is here in connection with electioneering, said the BJP, if voted to power at the Centre, would hold talks with the Sri Lankan government to find a solution to the vexed ethnic crisis.

The party would strive for securing equal rights and status to the Tamils on par with Sinhalese in Sri Lanka and ensure that the Tamils lead a dignified life in the island nation, he asserted.

The BJP, which was not in favour of separate Tamil Eelam, would support a solution to the ethnic crisis, within the framework of Sri Lanka, Mr Naidu said.

He said the people in Tamil Nadu were totally unhappy with both the DMK government in Tamil Nadu and the Congress-led UPA government at the centre for failing to protect the lives of the Lankan Tamils.

Mr Naidu said the Lankan government had been launching an offensive against the Tamils for the past five months, but the UPA government remained silent, despite a series of agitations in Tamil Nadu by various parties.

At this age of modern technology and communications, the DMK government was sending telegrams and observing bandhs to prevail upon the UPA government to act on the Lankan Tamils issue, he criticised