Varun Gandhi attacks Sultanpur's BSP candidate: Such people untie my shoelaces
Varun Gandhi, BJP candidate from Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit has irked a controversy on Saturday by making reference to ‘Nehru-Gandhi’ lineage at a rally and targeted Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate from Sultanpur and said such people untie his shoelaces.
“A human being without dignity is as good as dead. I just want to say that you don’t need to fear anyone except God. No one can do anything to you. I am standing here. I am the son of Sanjay Gandhi and I get my shoelace untied by such people," he said. “Nobody has the courage to speak with me in a raised voice,” Varun Gandhi said while campaigning for his mother Maneka Gandhi in Sultanpur.
A video of the Varun Gandhi’s comments has gone viral on social media.
#WATCH BJP LS candidate from Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi in Sultanpur says, "Mai ek hi cheez aapko kehna chahta hoon, kisi se darne ki koi zarurat nahi hai....Mai khada hoon yaha pe, mai Sanjay Gandhi ka ladka hoon, mai in logon se apne jute khulvata hoon" (2.4.19) pic.twitter.com/LnA8kVDivu
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“People should fear their sins and not some Monu or Tonu," Gandhi said, indirectly pointing to BSP leader Chandra Bhadra Singh, popularly known as Sonu Singh. Singh, a former MLA, and his brother Monu Singh are known to be local strongmen.
He said, "I am standing here. I am the son of Sanjay Gandhi and I get my shoelaces untied by such people." Varun Gandhi also asserted that this election is about the "pride" of the country.
Late Sanjay Gandhi is the son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's uncle. He is one of the powerful Congress leader during the Emergency era. He died in a plane crash in 1980.
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First published: 5 May 2019, 8:51 IST