Varun Gandhi faced yet another charge of making a hate-speech in Pilibhit on Sunday even as the EC deliberates for the second day.
Varun Gandhi faced yet another charge of making a hate-speech in Pilibhit on Sunday even as the EC deliberates for the second day on his reply defending allegations of making inflammatory remarks with communal overtones in the same constituency.
VM Singh, the Congress candidate from Pilibhit, has stated in his complaint to the EC that Gandhi made another inflammatory speech at Avas Vikas/Desh Nagar area of the constituency on March 6, where he is heard "making fun of the Sikh community" and Muslims as well.
Singh has submitted a CD with 28 minutes of recorded speech where Gandhi is alleged to have said, "Lekin ek to paagal Sardar lad raha hai, jiske har samay baara baje hue hai...aur woh ek Musalmaan ka agent ban ke lad raha hai, joh Hindu usko lada rahe hai...woh Hinduo ke sabse bade gaddar hai..."
The text roughly means, "There is a mad Sikh contesting... who is contesting as an agent of a Muslim... the Hindus who are backing him are the biggest traitors of Hindus."
Singh alleged that Varun had claimed in the CD that he does not want a single Muslim vote and asks the Hindus to come together.
Varun was also heard saying that "Hindu armies" would be formed and given arms licenses, procured both "formally and informally", Singh claimed.
Sources said Singh has claimed that the clips were made from mobile phones and were authentic.
The CD, submitted by the Congress candidate to the EC on Saturday, allegedly shows Varun Gandhi ridiculing a candidate, "ek to Riaz lad raha hai...Riaz Ahmed toh khula Pakistani hai (One Riaz is contesting...this Riaz Ahmed is openly Pakistani)".
"These people will have to be caught and vasectomy performed on them," Varun had allegedly said in the CD.
The 29-year old candidate from BJP also tells the crowd that those Hindus who don't vote will be committing treachery against his religion.
The Election Commission is already dealing with another complaint against Gandhi. EC sources said the Commission had considered the issue during a meeting on Saturday and was drafting the response.
The draft has to go through by the three-member commission and they will finalise the poll panel's response, the sources said.
Chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami had already said that it was for the Gandhi to prove that the CD was tampered.
In its reply, the BJP distanced itself from Gandhi's hate speeches and told the EC that his remarks did not represent the views of the party. It, however, asked the poll panel to check the genuineness of the CD containing the comments.
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