After hate-speech,Varun under attack from BJP,allies

Responding to a question,the 29-year-old Varun Gandhi,scion of the estranged Gandhi family,said the CD has been tampered with.

BJP Lok Sabha candidate Varun Gandhi came under attack from within the party and its allies on Tuesday for his alleged inflammatory remarks with communal overtones even as he claimed that the CD containing his speech had been tampered with.

Terming the comments as “shocking”,BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain demanded an unconditional apology from him while the party asked all its poll nominees to “practice caution” in their speech.

BJP’s ally and JD (U) leader Shivanand Tiwari said that the Election Commission should take cognisance of Gandhi’s speech and that there should be a “legitimate” inquiry.

Responding to a question,the 29-year-old BJP candidate,who is a scion of the estranged Gandhi family,said the CD has been tampered with. “I know it has been (tampered with)”,he told reporters.

“All I want to say is that tomorrow I will be addressing a press conference in Delhi and I will be clarifying my stand on every single issue….I will be addressing from a proper party forum,” Gandhi said.

At a recent election meeting in Pilibhit from where he is being fielded,he had said “this is not a ‘Hand’ (Congress symbol),it is the power of the ‘Lotus’ (BJP symbol). It will cut the head of ……. [naming a community Jai Shri Ram”

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