After facing the severe criticism for hate speeches against Muslim, BJP MP Varun Gandhi is once again in soup. In fresh allegations it is said that Varun Gandhi had also spoke against the Sikh community during the Lok Sabha election campaign in Pilibhit. The allegations have been made by the Congress candidate V M Singh who lost elections to Varun Gandhi from the Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency.
In a complaint to the Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday (August 25), Singh said Varun had referred to Sikhs as “Khalistanis” besides calling Muslims “Pakistanis”. The 35-page complaint of V M Singh has been submitted to the state’s principal home secretary Fateh Bahadur. The state principal home secretary admitted that he had received such a complaint and said, “We will look into the complaint and get everything examined before initiating any action”.
Singh’s complain cites a speech of Varun Gandhi delivered at Mathia temple in Deshnagar locality of Pilibhit on March 6, 2009. In his complaint Singh says, “The applicant seeks permission from the state to initiate criminal proceedings against Mr. Varun Feroze Gandhi for indulging and misusing religion to garner votes and also spitting venom and creating a divide between communities to reap electoral benefits”.
Further the complaint reads, “The transcript of the speech delivered by Varun on March 6, 2009, in Pilibhit reveals that apart from trying to create a divide between Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims to secure votes in the election, he made personal attacks not only against me but also against the Sikh religion”.
While Varun’s hate speeches delivered on March 7 and 8 against Muslims in Pilibhit are under police investigation, his alleged anti-Sikh utterances in Deshnagar went unreported. A former MLA and a renowned farmer leader, V.M. Singh found the transcripts of Deshnagar speech recently and took the matter to the state government. But one important question raises here. Why Varun spoke against Sikhs? As his mother Maneka Gandhi is also a Sikh. If the allegations are true, then it would be really discouraging for another minority community Sikh.
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