Desi Cartman Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 The grandson of late Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was facing criminal charges on Tuesday for allegedly inciting violence against Muslims while campaigning for next month's general elections. Varun Gandhi reportedly told a rally that his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would "cut the head of Muslims." According to footage aired by the NDTV news channel, Varun Gandhi also said Muslims "have scary names like Karimullah, Mazullah" and that "if you meet them at night you will be scared." India's Election Commission said it had reviewed his speeches and had ordered he face "criminal charges" in Uttar Pradesh state, where the speech was given, for stoking sectarian tensions. A police spokesman in state capital Lucknow told AFP by telephone a criminal case of "causing enmity among people on religious grounds" had been registered against 29-year-old Varun. An Election Commission official said that an official warning was also to be issued to the BJP. Muslims make up India's largest minority community, and relations with majority Hindus have been troubled and often violent since the country secured independence from Britain in 1947. Varun's comments were criticised by the ruling Congress party, which is headed by Sonia Gandhi, the widow of Indira's eldest son Rajiv, and the torch bearer of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. Varun said the allegations were untrue. "I strongly refute the charge of making any communal or divisive statements as part of my election campaign," he said. "In this climate of terrorism, I have spoken only about standing firm against the anti-national and anti-social forces that threaten this nation," Varun added. He said the recordings of his speeches had been tampered with. Varun is the son of Indira's second child Sanjay, a side of the family that was disowned by the dynasty. The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has no blood relation to Mahatma Gandhi, the icon of India's independence movement. A Congress spokesman accused the BJP of being a party with an anti-minority ideology. A BJP spokesman, however, insisted that "the traditional culture of BJP can never teach a person to speak so irresponsibly." India goes to the polls to elect a new parliament and government from April 16 to May 13. The age Any links for the video and what did he exactly say ...
Desi Cartman Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 4jCRSzD01xI full report http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/video/video.aspx?id=62210
punjabi_khota Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 foolish ..it is going to come and bite him later
Desi Cartman Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 he is a dick but he got free publicity
EnterTheVoid Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 No muslim supporters for the BJP ? Muslims dont live in India? Take a bow son, Gandhi would be proud of you if he saw you today Gandhi advocated peaceful protests to bring about change This fellow is using violence to whip up racial and communal tensions
rahulrulezz Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 this guy deserves to be locked up in a prison... will be a good lesson for the politicians who get their votebanks in the name of religion... at one hand, we call ourselves Super Power and on other we have these Moron leaders ruling over country...
veer Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 this is bad... what a shame!! btw, he is Jawaharlal Nehru's clan.. and Indira Gandhi's grandson.. btw.. how come his is in BJP and not congress?
Desi Cartman Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 best part is that Janta didnt get excited about what he had to say ..from the video it seems people were like "ya whatever" :two_thumbs_up:
Rajiv Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 No muslim supporters for the BJP ? Muslims dont live in India? Take a bow son, Gandhi would be proud of you if he saw you today Gandhi advocated peaceful protests to bring about change This fellow is using violence to whip up racial and communal tensions BTW, he is Indira's grandson...by the sound of ur post, it seems ur thinking he's mahatmas grandson
Desi Cartman Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 this is bad... what a shame!! btw, he is Jawaharlal Nehru's clan.. and Indira Gandhi's grandson.. btw.. how come his is in BJP and not congress? After Sanjay Gandhi's death they have been sort of disowned ..
Desi Cartman Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 BTW' date=' he is Indira's grandson...by the sound of ur post, it seems ur thinking he's [b']mahatmas grandson He didnt spare Mahatma either by saying "bevkufi hai dusra gaaal agay kurna agar koi thappad marray ... us haath ko kaat dalo"
EnterTheVoid Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 BTW' date=' he is Indira's grandson...by the sound of ur post, it seems ur thinking he's mahatmas grandson[/quote'] still rahul gandhi
Desi Cartman Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 still rahul gandhi LOL there are so many Gujjus with that surname
Desi Cartman Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 May be he was trying to do a Raj Thackeray. and he was successful
punjabi_khota Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 still rahul gandhi Why should that matter ?
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