INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LUCKNOW: After his relentless defiance against his own party, is it all over for Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi in BJP? Highly placed sources in
the party have revealed to TOI that BJP has spotted a popular party leader - an MLA from the district - as possible replacement for Varun in
2024 Lok Sabha elections.Highly placed sources in BJP said the MLA, from the OBC community, is a two-time legislator and is said to have
been enjoying a good reputation within the party organization and the Yogi Adityanath government
In 2012 assembly polls, he contested on a BSP ticket but lost to the SP candidate by a slender margin of around 4,000 votes.BJP annoyed as
A senior BJP functionary in Pilibhit affirmed that the MP stopped participating in partyrelated events since 2021 and instead chose to
senior BJP functionary in Pilibhit
Nevertheless, Varun has been aggressively grooming his constituency amid whirling speculations about his future political forays
On June 29, Varun presided over a ceremony to dedicate local civic projects funded by his MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund
contacted despite repeated attempts
Varun turned as a dissenter while speaking in favor of the farmers protesting against the three farm laws
He, in fact, posted a 1980 video clip of former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee who can be heard warning the then Indira Gandhi government against
In October 2021, he openly condemned the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which a convoy of Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni allegedly ran over
protesting farmers, killing four
Soon, the BJP leadership dropped Varun and his mother Maneka Gandhi, an MP from Sultanpur, from the 80 member national executive
