[Reader-list] Varun tortured in jail: BJP

[anupam chakravartty]

looks like you got verified it just now pawan.

On 4/17/09, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
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> You may personally get it verified .
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> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:45 PM, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Oh so sad. i hope he was not sterilised.
>>  On 4/17/09, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Varun tortured in jail: BJP
>> >      *Press Trust Of India*New Delhi, April 17, 2009
>> >
>> > Alleging he was a victim of "vendetta politics", the BJP on Friday
>> claimed
>> > that Varun Gandhi was tortured in jail, but he has emerged as a "strong
>> > man".
>> >
>> > "Varun Gandhi is a victim of the vendetta politics of Sonia Gandhi and
>> > Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh. He has come out (from jail) as a strong man.
>> He
>> > will file his nomination papers from Pilibhit on April 21," party
>> > spokesperson Balbir Punj told reporters in New Delhi on Saturday.
>> >
>> > Punj, who briefed the media after holding discussions with Varun at his
>> > residence said, "Varun Gandhi has assured that he will continue to work
>> for
>> > the party with the same energy and zeal despite all this".
>> >
>> > The young leader will also campaign in other parts of the country for
>> the
>> > party apart from his own constituency, he said.
>> >
>> > The BJP spokesperson also called upon his party colleagues and
>> candidates
>> > to
>> > "show restrain" in their speeches.
>> >
>> > Varun, was released on a two-week parole by the Supreme Court after
>> > spending
>> > more than a week in Etah Jail after being booked under National Security
>> > Act
>> > by the Uttar Pradesh government for his alleged hate speeches.
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