BJP leader Varun Gandhi on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to slap the National Security Act (NSA) against him for alleged hate speeches in Pilibhit. “We have filed a petition in the apex court for quashing of the NSA order,” Varun’s counsel Sandeep Kapoor said. The counsel said it had been urged that during the pendency of the writ petition, the 29-year leader should be released from jail as the procedure for invoking the NSA was not duly followed by the UP government.
...gets visitors from BJP in jail
Varun Gandhi, the BJP candidate from Pilibhit will soon get visitors from his party in the Etah jail, where he has been shifted following threats from the underworld. According to BJP sources, party president Rajnath Singh has asked Venkaiah Naidu, the party vice-president, to visit Varun in jail. Naidu, who is returning from Andhra Pradesh, is likely to go to Etah on Friday.
