New Delhi: Few days after Congress President Rahul Gandhi recently appointed sister Priyanka Gandhi as the General Secretary in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, now speculations of his estranged cousin and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi joining Grand Old Party is growing vastly.
Amid speculations of his cousin and BJP MP Varun Gandhi joining the Congress party ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi on Friday denied having any information about it.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi was quoted as saying by the agency reported news agency here that “I am not aware of any speculation over cousin Varun Gandhi joining Congress.”
Ever since Rahul Gandhi took over the reins of the Congress party as its president, there had been speculations that Varun Gandhi, who often praises policies of the previous UPA government, may join the Grand Old Party.
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The sources had, in the past, also said that Priyanka Gandhi may play the mediator and help crack a deal for her cousin. Now, with Priyanka Gandhi joining the active politics in the party, the speculations are once again on the rife.
Sources close to the Varun Gandhi said that he is not getting his due share in the BJP. There have also been reports of rift between Varun Gandhi and the party after his name was not considered for the chief minister’s post in Uttar Pradesh.
He has been critical of the Narendra Modi government’s several decisions and this is considered as one of the reasons the BJP has not given him any crucial role in the party. Also, Varun has praised Congress-led UPA government’s schemes, including the MNREGA. It is to be noted that Modi has been a critic of the MNREGA scheme aimed at tackling the extreme poverty.
Although it looks unlikely that he will join the Congress given the fact that his mother Maneka Gandhi is a minister in the Modi cabinet, but if he joins the Congress party, it will help the party in politically crucial state Uttar Pradesh, where he enjoys a significant following in some districts.
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