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BJP chief Varun Gandhi has been dropped by the celebration from the Pilibhit seat. (File picture: PTI)
Varun Gandhi posted a letter on micro-blogging web site X saying he’ll proceed to serve the folks of Pilibhit although his time period as an MP is coming to an finish.
Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) chief Varun Gandhi has made an emotional attraction to the folks of Pilibhit a day after he was denied the Lok Sabha ticket from the seat and Jitin Prasada was introduced as a candidate as an alternative. Gandhi posted a letter on micro-blogging web site X saying he’ll proceed to serve the folks of Pilibhit although his time period as an MP is coming to an finish.
“My time period as Pilibhit MP could also be ending, however my relationship with Pilibhit won’t finish until my final breath. I search your blessings to proceed to boost the voice of the frequent man, it doesn’t matter what value I’ve to pay for it,” Gandhi wrote in his letter.
Recalling the forst time he got here to Pilibhit, Gandhi stated, “I bear in mind the 3-year-old baby who got here to Pilibhit in 1983 for the primary time, holding his mom’s hand. Little did I do know that this land will turn out to be my office and its folks will turn out to be my household.”
He additionally stated that he’ll serve the folks of Pilibhit as a son if not as an MP. “If not as an MP, then as a son, I’m dedicated to serve you all through my life and my doorways will all the time stay open for you as earlier than. I got here into politics to boost the voice of the frequent man and at present I search your blessings to all the time proceed doing that, regardless of at what price,” Gandhi wrote.
The Pilibhit seat has been a stronghold of the Sanjay Gandhi household since 1989. Maneka Gandhi registered her maiden Lok Sabha victory from Pilibhit in 1989 on a Janata Dal ticket. In 1991, she misplaced the seat to Parshuram Gangwar, a BJP candidate, however received it again in 1996, below the Janata Dal’s banner. After this, her profitable streak continued in 1998, 1999, and 2004 as an impartial candidate.
In 2009, her son Varun made his debut and received Pilibhit on a BJP ticket. In 2014, Maneka Gandhi received the seat on a BJP ticket, after which Varun once more emerged victorious on a BJP ticket in 2019.
