Varun Gandhi
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'Mediocre appointment': Varun Gandhi points out errors in JNU VC Santishree Pandit's press release
India | Feb 08, 2022, 01:01 PM ISTVarun Gandhi in a tweet pointed out multiple grammatical mistakes in a press statement issued by Pandit.
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'Rallies during day, curfew at night': Varun Gandhi's veiled dig at his own party
India | Dec 27, 2021, 03:55 PM ISTThe BJP MP cited a Centre's note to the Maharashtra government in March 2021 which, he highlighted, had said that measures such as night curfews, weekend lockdowns have a very limited impact on containing or suppressing the transmission.
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No one raises issue of hiking MSP for sugarcane out of fear: Varun Gandhi
Elections | Dec 22, 2021, 08:33 AM ISTVarun Gandhi also said he is a "revolutionary" leader and cannot see injustice being done to people.
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BJP MP Varun Gandhi submits private members' bill for legal guarantee of MSP
India | Dec 12, 2021, 02:48 PM ISTMPs can pilot private members' bill in their personal capacity irrespective of their party affiliations. Since 1952, only about a dozen private members' bills have been passed.
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BJP MP Varun Gandhi criticises police crackdown on job seekers in Lucknow
India | Dec 06, 2021, 11:08 AM ISTBJP MP Varun Gandhi has been critical of the BJP government's handling of economic and employment issues without directly targeting the central dispensation.
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Why recruitment not taking place when govt has vacancies: Varun Gandhi
India | Dec 05, 2021, 05:56 PM ISTOn Saturday, UPTET candidates were holding a candle march demanding recruitment of teachers on vacant posts in Uttar Pradesh.
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'Until when youth should keep patience,' says Varun Gandhi over lack of govt jobs, paper leaks
India | Dec 02, 2021, 02:15 PM ISTVarun Gandhi said the government is employing less than before in every sector be it defence, police, railways or education.
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Accept farmers demand on MSP, movement won't end without it: Varun Gandhi writes to PM
India | Nov 20, 2021, 01:33 PM ISTIn a letter to the prime minister, the MP from Pilibhit in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh also asked him to take action against Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra 'Teni' for the violence in Lakhmipur Kheri without taking his name.
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Disgruntled BJP leader Varun Gandhi demands legal guarantee for MSP
India | Oct 29, 2021, 02:18 PM ISTVarun Gandhi has demanded a legal guarantee for the minimum support price, also one of the demands of farmer unions protesting against three farm laws.
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Varun Gandhi shares video of UP farmer burning crop, says 'need to rethink policy'
India | Oct 23, 2021, 02:15 PM ISTWithout making a direct attack, the BJP leader has been critical of the government's handling of agri issues of late and has also sympathised with the farmers protesting against the three farm laws.
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UP floods: Varun Gandhi targets CM Adityanath, says govt not standing with commoners
India | Oct 22, 2021, 07:53 AM ISTThree people were killed and hundreds were marooned as torrential rains lashed Bareilly and Pilibhit districts over two days, officials had said on Wednesday.
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Farmers' protest: 'Disgruntled' Varun Gandhi shares Vajpayee's video to train guns at Modi govt
India | Oct 14, 2021, 02:54 PM ISTVarun Gandhi shared a short clip of a speech of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee from 1980 in which he warns the then Indira Gandhi government against repressing farmers and extends his support to them.
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Non-inclusion in BJP National Executive doesn’t reduce my stature: Maneka Gandhi
India | Oct 12, 2021, 09:05 AM ISTThe BJP had recently announced its 80-member national executive with the likes of Varun Gandhi and Birender Singh, who have taken a sympathetic stand with farmers protesting against the farm laws, and Maneka Gandhi being among those replaced with a new crop of leaders.
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Shiv Sena backs Varun Gandhi over his stand on Lakhimpur Kheri violence
India | Oct 11, 2021, 03:53 PM ISTShiv Sena has backed BJP MP Varun Gandhi for his support to the farmers' movement, especially after the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
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Varun Gandhi warns against 'Hindu vs Sikh' narrative in Lakhimpur violence
India | Oct 11, 2021, 12:36 PM ISTVarun Gandhi said the struggle for justice in Lakhimpur Kheri is about the "cruel massacre of poor farmers in the face of an arrogant local power elite", and the issue has no religious connotations.
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"Haven't attended NEC in five years," Varun Gandhi on being dropped from BJP top body
India | Oct 07, 2021, 10:48 PM ISTThe MP, who had been with BJP for 17 years made the headlines earlier this week after he tweeted on the death of farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Khiri. His mother, Maneka Gandhi, too, was excluded from the list of names announced by BJP president JP Nadda on Thursday.
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Varun Gandhi shares another Lakhimpur video: The curious case of BJP MP's open dissent
India | Oct 07, 2021, 03:17 PM ISTThis is the second video of the incident that Varun Gandhi has shared on social media in as many days while demanding immediate action against those responsible for the violence and death of eight people.
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Maneka Gandhi, Varun dropped from BJP's National Executive
India | Oct 07, 2021, 02:27 PM ISTBJP's National Executive is a key deliberative body of the party which meets to discuss key issues facing the government and shapes the organisation's agenda.
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: BJP leader Varun Gandhi tweets 'disturbing video,' demands action
India | Oct 05, 2021, 06:26 PM ISTThe BJP leader who has tweeted the video is none other than Varun Gandhi, cousin of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi who has been arrested by the Sitapur Police for violating Section 144 in Lakhimpur Kheri area.
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Varun Gandhi demands CBI probe, Rs 1 crore compensation
India | Oct 04, 2021, 01:30 PM ISTVarun Gandhi said a murder case under IPC section 302 should be lodged against those involved in the death of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri.