Varun Gandhi may join Congress to defeat Modi

by Guest Wed Apr 12, 2017 7:48 am

Varun Gandhi, who refused to campaign for the BJP in the recent UP Assembly elections, has been shunned and marginalised by the all-powerful Narendra Modi and Amit Shah duo.
The rift began when Modi asked Varun to contest against Rahul from Amethi and he flatly refused. Authoritative sources say that Modi was "extremely insistent and went to the extent of saying he does not like no for an answer".

After the mandate of 2014, Modi deputed Shah to offer Varun a junior ministry. Sources say this was to ensure that his mother's claim on a cabinet could be sabotaged as the Bjp does not allow two members of a family to hold office.
Varun declined, saying he could not take his mother's place. Maneka got a ministry, but that was the end of even pretence in the sidelining of Varun.

Varun clearly has no future in the BJP as long as Modi and Shah call the shots. But will his mother allow him the space to make his own decisions?

My sources say that some kind of marriage with the Congress is clearly on the cards as with only two years to go for the 2019 elections, the 36-year-old Gandhi is fast running out of options.

As for the elephant in the room — what happens to his siblings?
The Congress is trying to grope its way to the answer.
At this point in time, Varun desperately needs the Congress and is in regular touch with his two older cousins. The Congress might also benefit from the entry of the other Gandhi.

http://www.dailyo.in/politics/varun-gandhi-congress-bjp-rahul-gandhi/story/1/16647.html

by southindian Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:00 am

Varun who?

What are his achievements????

Smile

by Guest Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:05 am

southindian wrote:Varun who?

What are his achievements????

from the article at the link in the OP:

Varun did have a meteoric rise in the BJP. He was made much of and indulged by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pramod Mahajan. His other mentors included Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Nitin Gadkari who are also now fighting for space in the Modi-Shah dominated party.

Varun was the youngest-ever national secretary between 2008 and 2011. He was made a BJP general secretary in 2011-2015, made in-charge of states of West Bengal, Assam and the Northeast.

This rise of a 28-year-old in this spectacular fashion did cause a lot of jealousy and rancour in the cadre-based BJP, where leaders who were decades older seethed with frustration and found the rise of a "Gandhi" unpalatable in the BJP. These included Arun Jaitley and Modi.

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