UP govt rejects Varun's charges on invoking NSA

Rejecting Varun Gandhi's charge that he was booked under NSA due to political reasons; the UP govt on Saturday told the Supreme Court that his recent speeches in Pilibhit had communal overtones and blamed the BJP candidate for the chaos on the day of his surrender. In its 35-page response to the notice issued by the apex court on 2nd April, the state government said the inflammatory statement by Varun and the manner in which he surrendered for the cases registered against him amount to the breach of public order warranting invocation of the National Security Act against him. The state government and the District Magistrate of Pilibhit said the NSA was invoked against Varun for his speeches "having communal overtones and the chaos created by him while surrendering before a court on March 28". The state government contended that there was no need for the authority to supply entire material including the CDs of the speeches and events relating to Varun's surrender for booking him under NSA. It denied the allegation that NSA was imposed against him with any political motive or to sabotage his electoral debut. The apex court will hear the matter on 13th April. Varun, 29, had moved the court challenging his detention under NSA for his alleged hate speeches in Pilibhit last month. He was taken to the Piliibhit district jail and later shifted to Etah jail for security reasons.

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