To counter Rahul, BJP looks to Varun

WHOSE CAN be the face from the Bharatiya Janata Party to take up the challenges likely to be thrown by Congress? star campaigner Rahul Gandhi ,besides, of course wooing the youth to the party fold? The BJP Kanpur North City unit firmly believes that he can be none other than another scion of the Gandhi family ? Varun Gandhi.

WHOSE CAN be the face from the Bharatiya Janata Party to take up the challenges likely to be thrown by Congress’ star campaigner Rahul Gandhi ,besides, of course wooing the youth to the party fold? The BJP Kanpur North City unit firmly believes that he can be none other than another scion of the Gandhi family — Varun Gandhi.

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To counter heavyweights like Sonia Gandhi, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati in view of the forthcoming assembly elections in the State, the BJP’s Kanpur units have proposed the names of Narendra Modi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Rajnath Singh and LK Advani.

However, the BJP leaders are of the view that of these, Narendra Modi may be expected to address public rallies out of the four proposed names. On Friday, the North City unit of the BJP sent another proposal demanding a public speech of Varun Gandhi along with a senior leader on the same day.

The proposal had been sent to the State BJP Kesari Nath Tripathi, said the party spokesman from the North City unit Anoop Awasthi. He said that the proposal was sent after a consensus was reached among the district BJP committee over the name of Varun Gandhi.

Another party leader said that the BJP leaders at the senior level had almost decided the name of Narendra Modi and in all likelihood he would be coming to address the rally in Kanpur. However, the BJP North City unit leaders have expressed their desire to invite Varun Gandhi along with Narendra Modi.

According to a senior leader, the rally is now expected to be held between September 5 and 10.