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Unemployment emerging as biggest problem in country: Varun Gandhi

Unemployment is emerging as the biggest problem in the country, and ignoring it is like covering fire with cotton, BJP MP Varun Gandhi said on Friday.

Varun Gandhi visits Pilibhit, targets govt over inflation, unemployment

Targeting his own party's government over inflation and unemployment, local BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Wednesday said important resources of the country were being sold in the name of privatisation. Stressing that the country is passing through a difficult time, Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to his constituency, said inflation is touching the sky and unemployment is increasing rapidly. To add to the woes, vital resources of the country are being sold in the name of privatisation, he said, adding, "Think what will happen to the country when everything is sold." According to the statement issued by his private secretary M R Malik, the MP visited about 18 villages in Pilibhit. Addressing the people of his constituency, Gandhi said they needed to be aware of corrupt politics. "Today politics is full of selfishness and corruption. Worry about the country, bring honest people into politics. Choose such leaders who will remove your suffering by considering it as their own," he said. The

No one raises issue of hiking MSP for sugarcane out of fear: Varun Gandhi

He said his party colleagues do not raise such issues as they fear that they will not be given poll tickets

BJP's Varun Gandhi submits private members' bill for legal guarantee of MSP

Continuing to back the demands of farmers, BJP MP Varun Gandhi has piloted a private member's bill seeking legal guarantee of MSP with financial outlay of Rs 1 lakh crore

India's young frustrated by lack of govt jobs: BJP MP Varun Gandhi

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday once again questioned own government on the job and paper leaks.

UPTET 2021 paper leak: Varun Gandhi demands action against education mafia

Following the reports of the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) examination paper leak, BJP MP Varun Gandhi demanded action against the education mafia and their political patrons

Act against Union minister connected to Lakhimpur incident: Varun to PM

Gandhi's remarks came a day after the prime minister in his address to the nation announced repeal of the three farm laws which triggered a year of protests by farmers

Accept farmers demand on MSP, movement won't end without it: Varun to PM

Quash all politically motivated false FIRs against protesting farmers: Varun Gandhi writes to prime minister

Varun Gandhi likely to meet Mamata Banerjee in Delhi, fuels switch talks

After Sushmita Dev, Babul Supriyo, Luizinho Faleiro and Leander Paes, there are strong indications that BJP MP Varun Gandhi might jump ship and join the Trinamool Congress.

Madness or treason; Varun Gandhi's swipe at Kangana Ranaut

BJP MP Varun Gandhi took a swipe at film actor Kangana Ranaut on Thursday for her reported remarks that India received freedom in 2014 and what it got in 1947 was "alms"

Varun Gandhi posts video of crop fire, seeks agri policy rethink

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday shared a video clip purportedly showing a man setting fire to a heap of paddy crop after his vain efforts to sell it, and sought a rethink of the agriculture policy. Gandhi shared the video of the man on Twitter. "Samodh Singh, a farmer of Uttar Pradesh, had been running around mandis for the last 15 days to sell his paddy crop. When paddy did not sell, he in frustration put fire to it himself. Where has this system brought the farmers? The need of the hour is to rethink our agriculture policy," he said. Without 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.

BJP's Varun Gandhi shares clip of Vajpayee's speech in support of farmers

Gandhi posted on Twitter a short clip of a speech of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in which he warns the then Indira Gandhi govt against repressing farmers and extends his support to them

Shiv Sena backs Varun Gandhi over his stand on Lakhimpur Kheri violence

Varun Gandhi on Sunday warned against attempts to turn the Lakhimpur Kheri incident into a "Hindu vs Sikh battle"

Varun Gandhi warns against 'Hindu vs Sikh' narrative in Lakhimpur violence

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Sunday warned against attempts to turn the Lakhimapur Kheri incident into a "Hindi vs Sikh battle", saying it is dangerous to create these fault lines and reopen wounds that have taken a generation to heal. The Pilibhit MP, who was recently dropped from the BJP national executive, 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. "To use the word 'Khalistani' liberally to describe the protesting farmers is not only an insult to the generations of these proud sons of the Tarai who have fought and shed blood on our borders, it is also extremely dangerous for our national unity if this provokes the wrong kind of reaction," he said. In a tweet, he said, "An attempt to turn Lakhimpur Kheri into a Hindu vs Sikh battle is being made. Not only is this an immoral & false narrative, it is dangerous to create these fault-lines & ...

BJP releases national executive list; Maneka, Varun Gandhi dropped

The decision to drop Varun Gandhi, Rao Inderjit Singh, Swamy and Birender Singh is seen as an indication of the party leadership's unhappiness with them over their views on a number of issues

Protesters can't be silenced through murder: Varun Gandhi on Lakhimpur case

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday posted a video purportedly of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and said the protesters cannot be silenced through murder asking for accountability for the farmers.

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Varun Gandhi shares video, seeks speedy action

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Tuesday shared a purported video of the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri, that left nine people dead, as he demanded swift action against the perpetrators

Those glorifying Godse should be named, shamed publicly: Varun Gandhi

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday lashed out at those who glorified Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse on the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, saying they are irresponsibly shaming the country and should be named and shamed publicly. "India has always been a spiritual superpower, but it is the Mahatma who articulated our nation's spiritual underpinnings through his being & gave us a moral authority that remains our greatest strength even today.Those tweeting 'Godse zindabad' are irresponsibly shaming the nation," Varun Gandhi, who is not related to Mahatma Gandhi, said. The "lunatic fringe" must not be allowed to enter the mainstream, he added. "We must not forget the respect that India has internationally is because of Mahatma Gandhi and the ideals that he represented. The people who are tweeting 'Godse Zindabad' should be named and shamed publicly. The lunatic fringe must not be allowed to enter the mainstream," he said. The Lok Sabha member's comments came ...

EC a toothless tiger, does it really control elections, asks Varun Gandhi

Questioning the power of the EC he said that it does not have the power to file cases once elections are over as it has to go to the Supreme Court to do so

Indira was a mother to this nation: Varun Gandhi

BJP leader Varun Gandhi made the remark in a tweet on the occasion of Indira's centenary birth anniversary