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	Sanjay Gandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maneka Gandhi split from Indira, as not she but Rajiv succeeded to Sanjay's position, inheriting his role and legacy.
		Varun Gandhi is also a BJP member and activist today.
		Katherine Frank was sued by the Gandhi family for misstatements in her book, Indira: Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi for her coverage of the life of Indira's son Sanjay, and the alleged episodes of family disputes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sanjay_Gandhi (1537 words)

	Encyclopedia: Indira Gandhi
		Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (इन्दिरा प्रियदर्शिनी गान्धी) (November 19, 1917 – October 31, 1984) was Prime Minister of India from January 19, 1966 to March 24, 1977, and from January 14, 1980 until her assassination on October 31, 1984.
		Gandhi's response was to declare a state of emergency, under which her political foes were imprisoned, constitutional rights abrogated, and the press placed under strict censorship.
		Gandhi was assassinated, at her residence, by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, who claimed to be avenging the insult heaped upon the Sikh nation.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Indira-Gandhi (1097 words)

	Indo-Asian News Service -> India-Politics-Varun -> Dynastic politics has no place in democracy: Varun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gandhi also says his family was not loyal to a party (Congress) but a set of ideals, as he defends his crossover to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) despite coming from a dynasty of Congress leaders.
		Gandhi says his choice of BJP came from an acknowledgement of its "mature and skilful handling" of a coalition government towards a strong and self-reliant India.
		Varun Gandhi, the son of Indira Gandhi's younger son Sanjay - who was killed in a plane crash 1980 -- and Maneka, joined the BJP in February last year.
	www.eians.com /stories/2005/03/08/08cou.shtml (495 words)

	Barred from Shakti Sthal: Varun Gandhi
		But her grandson Varun says he was not allowed to visit her memorial in New Delhi on the occasion.
		Varun then wanted that his entire group go to the memorial to pay tributes before the aide-de-camp of President A P J Abdul Kalam, Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Kain says.
		Varun "did not accept this proposition and quietly left the venue along with his group", he adds.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/nov/01indira.htm (339 words)

	Encyclopedia: Varun Gandhi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Rajiv Gandhi is believed to have said that he would never forgive his brother for what he had done to their mother at a time when Indira was isolated, depressed and humiliated after her defeat in the 1977 elections.
		Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi (à¤¸à¥‹à¤¨à¤¿à¤¯à¤¾ à¤—à¤¾à¤à¤§à¥€) (born December 9, 1946), is an Italian-born Indian politician, the president of the Indian National Congress (Congress Party) and the widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
		Sanjay Gandhi's widow, Maneka Gandhi, who had a falling out with Indira after Sanjay's death, as well as his son, Varun, are active in politics as members of the main opposition BJP party.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Varun-Gandhi (485 words)

	The Hindu : National : Varun Gandhi `displeased' with Modi's remarks
		Varun Gandhi, son of the former Union Minister, Maneka Gandhi, today expressed ``displeasure'' over the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi's ``derogatory'' remarks against his aunt and Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, and her son, Rahul, and said leaders must refrain from resorting to any ``personal'' attack.
		Gandhi, who is campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party in south Gujarat, told mediapersons at Daman, without naming Mr.
		Sonia Gandhi and her son were found ``unfit'' for even job of a clerk and a driver.
	www.hindu.com /2004/04/04/stories/2004040405690800.htm (305 words)

	CBC News Indepth: India
		Gandhi won her seat in parliament but her future as leader appeared to be shaky.
		Rajiv Gandhi was a reluctant politician, preferring the life of an airline pilot, until his brother, Sanjay, was killed in a plane crash in 1980.
		Gandhi's flagging popularity was reflected at the polls in November 1989 as Congress lost its parliamentary majority, forcing Gandhi to resign as prime minister.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/india/nehru_gandhi.html (1650 words)

	Gulfnews: The son also rises
		Seen as mature beyond his years, Varun said his aunt's foreign origin is an issue and that she will not be acceptable as the prime minister.
		Varun strongly justified his decision to join the BJP saying it was time for every right-thinking Indian to strengthen it since it has proven its ability to lead the country forward.
		Varun termed the BJP a secular party and praised Vajpayee and Advani as mature forward-looking leaders, emphasising that the country needed experienced leaders like them.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/04/02/17/111272.html (319 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gandhi’s initiation into politics — hand-in-hand with his induction into the BJP — was expected.
		Varun’s entry into the BJP would have had something to do with his cousins’ decision to campaign for the polls.
		Varun is, clearly, a wordsmith, for if there is anything that sets him apart from his cousins, it is his confidence with words.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040221/asp/opinion/story_2919796.asp (903 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Sanjay Gandhi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sanjay Gandhi (December 14, 1946 - June 23, 1980) was an Indian politician.
		Sanjay was the younger son of Feroze Gandhi and his wife Indira Gandhi, and was generally regarded as his mother's likely successor as leader of India.
		He married Maneka Gandhi and has a son Varun Gandhi.
	www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Sanjay_Gandhi (113 words)

	Khaleej Times Online
		But Varun, who had promised last week in Delhi not to raise the issue of the foreign origin of her aunt and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, took digs at her, telling BJP workers that he almost began reading his speech, but realised that he wanted to be "a leader, and not a reader."
		Varun also asked the people to vote in a government, "which is of Indians, for Indians, and (administered) through Indians," raising once again the issue of the unacceptability of a foreign-born premier.
		Varun Gandhi came to Mumbai, ostensibly to participate in a function held to mark 25 years of state BJP leader Gopinath Munde's political life.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2004/February/subcontinent_February566.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (381 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Gandhi family member defects
		Varun Gandhi's move is significant, because his family have long been linked with the Congress party.
		Varun Gandhi's decision to join the BJP formalises a political split in the family which ruled India and led the Congress party for nearly 36 years.
		Varun Gandhi is the grandson of former Congress prime minister Indira Gandhi.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3493477.stm (389 words)

	GANDHI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gandhi is the family name of a number of prominent 20th century Indian politicians and leaders.
		It is most commonly used to refer to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, one of the leaders of India's independence movement, frequently called Mahatma Gandhi, and known to Indians as the Father of the Nation.
		Gandhi is also the name of a 1982 film, a dramatized biography of Mohandas Gandhi.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ga/Gandhi.htm (172 words)

	Bahrain Tribune Daily Newspaper, Bahrain
		The Gandhi family — the focus of fascination in India similar to the royal family in Britain or the Kennedy’s in the United States — have had their squabbles in the past.
		Varun is the only child of the late Sanjay Gandhi, who was Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s chosen political heir until he died in a plane crash in 1980.
		As for his aunt, Varun adheres to the BJP position that she is not qualified to be India’s leader because she was born abroad.
	www.bahraintribune.com /ArticleDetail.asp?CategoryId=3&ArticleId=29518 (1116 words)

	India's political dynasty, ripped by tragedy, divided by politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Varun, her nephew, adheres to the BJP position that she is not qualified to lead India because she was born abroad.
		Sonia Gandhi said Varun's choice was "painful," especially because "the fight against communal forces of all kinds was very much the core" of the family's philosophy.
		Maneka claimed that when Indira Gandhi picked the reluctant Rajiv as her political heir, she was shunned, made to sit at a different table when guests came, and finally told she had to move out.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/04/25/international1308EDT0464.DTL (967 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		While Rahul Gandhi is contesting the Amethi seat, which his father and mother held before him, sister Priyanka and cousin Varun have been actively campaigning for their respective parties.
		Varun has thrown in his lot with a party his father, grandmother and great-grandfather abhorred, and he has brought in crowds everywhere, including in traditional Congress bastions.
		Varun saves the situation, invites the press folk in, tackles their mikes and bright lights and tricky questions with surprising ease.
	www.the-week.com /24may09/currentevents_article10.htm (4974 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation
		The 24-year-old Varun, who was welcomed into the BJP fold by party president M. Venkaiah Naidu in the presence of party general secretary Pramod Mahajan, however, declared that he would avoid making “personal attacks” on his cousins Priyanka Vadra and Rahul Gandhi.
		Varun, who was sporting a tilak on his forehead, however, asserted that foreign origin issue would be an issue in the coming poll, though not the main issue.
		Ms Maneka Gandhi in her statement said: “In its mature stewardship of the NDA, the BJP has displayed a generosity and the spirit that allows people of strength and vision to blossom and grow.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040217/nation.htm (4853 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> Spotlight -> Elections 2004 -> 'Couldn't Cong get a leader out of 100 cr Indians?' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh): Training his guns at Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Varun Gandhi today (Apr 20, 2004) described her foreign origin as an "emotive issue" and lamented that Congress had failed to get a leader out of over 100 crore Indians.
		Varun claimed that his father had handed over Chhindwara to Kamalnath, but he failed to fulfil his promises to develop the area.
		During a brief interaction with reporters, Varun said his grandmother Indira Gandhi was not just a leader, but like a mother for the country and its people.
	news.indiainfo.com /spotlight/elections2004/2004varun.html (288 words)

	Gulfnews: BJP may field Varun Gandhi
		While Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi are members of the treasury bench, Sonia's estranged sister-in-law Maneka Gandhi is a BJP lawmaker.
		BJP sources, however, say that Varun has expressed his interest in Gwalior, the reason being he wants to carve out his own niche in politics since, irrespective of the candidate, the focus at Vidisha will be on Chouhan.
		His younger brother Sanjay Gandhi's widow Maneka is a BJP lawmaker, while son Varun is tipped to contest a by-election to the Lok Sabha.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/06/01/20/10012822.html (776 words)

	rediff.com: Son comes to the aide of Maneka Gandhi's fledgling party
		With electioneering for the Uttar Pradesh assembly poll gradually picking up, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's fledgling party's campaign was bolstered by her 23-year-old son Varun Gandhi's entry into the poll arena.
		Varun Gandhi was drawing large crowds in UP's Terai belt wherever he went distributing posters bearing his mother's picture and that of the Shakti Dal's symbol - a pair of scissors.
		Varun Gandhi displayed an inherent flair to impress crowds wherever he went.
	www.rediff.com /news/2002/feb/02up1.htm (359 words)

	The Hindu : New Delhi News : Varun Gandhi to campaign in Delhi
		The new entrant into politics from the Gandhi family in the Bharatiya Janata Party, Varun Gandhi, will make his first political appearance in the Capital by canvassing for Vijay Goel, the BJP candidate from the Sadar Lok Sabha seat.
		Gandhi would have to confront his father, Sanjay Gandhi's old friend and the Congress candidate from this seat, Jagdish Tytler, during the campaign.
		Gandhi along with his mother and former Union Minister, Maneka Gandhi, had recently joined the BJP and is going around the country in support of the saffron party.
	www.hindu.com /2004/04/12/stories/2004041206730400.htm (291 words)

	Gulfnews: Maneka Gandhi set to join ruling BJP
		Interestingly, the biggest catch for the BJP will be Maneka's son Varun Gandhi, whom it plans to unleash to counter his cousins Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi, who are on the verge of jumping into active politics.
		It was Varun who negotiated his mother's entry into the BJP after he had a series of meetings with senior BJP leaders including its national president M. Venkaiah Naidu.
		Varun, who had impressed everyone with his campaigning at Pilibhit in 1999, may even be asked to campaign for the BJP in Amethi and its neighbourhood, the traditional seats of the Gandhis.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/04/01/25/108911.html (541 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Gandhi name dominates again
		Sonia Gandhi had embraced as private a life as possible, mourning her husband Rajiv's death, but Congress turned to her seemingly in desperation to lead it out of the wilderness.
		The son of Sanjay, Varun embraced the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in February and although too young at 24 to stand, he campaigned for the BJP, taking on his cousins Priyanka and Rahul.
		Gandhi family loyalists back in from the cold, but no fresh blood in cabinet.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/3713631.stm (832 words)

	Books \| Gandhi dynasty threatens to sue HarperCollins
		The author of a biography of Indira Gandhi was last night bracing herself for a flurry of writs after members of the Gandhi dynasty expressed outrage at the book's contents - and the claim that Indira's late son Sanjay had "murdered" several of his enemies.
		Feroze Varun Gandhi, the late Indian prime minister's 21-year-old grandson, yesterday told the Guardian that his family was considering legal action against its American author, Katherine Frank, and its publisher, HarperCollins.
		She was not panicking at the prospect of a writ from the Gandhi family, she said.
	books.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4175322-99819,00.html (533 words)

	BJP should be judged by its record and not by its reputation - News - Webindia123.com
		Feroze Varun Gandhi, who is tipped to become an office-bearer of the BJP at the national level, today said that the BJP, a party that has come to epitomise nationalism and secularism, should be judged by its record and not by its reputation.
		Queried on his father's legacy, Varun said although Sanjay Gandhi was widely held responsible for the Emergency excesses, his father had no role in its imposition or actions during it.
		He said it was his grandmother Indira Gandhi's decision, largely inspired by her 'Leftist kitchen cabinet' following the killing of Bangladesh founder Shiekh Mujibur Rehman and an opposition (Jaya Prakash Narain's) call for for the Armed Forces to 'revolt'.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=136565&cat=India (253 words)

	Indian national congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Congress president Sonia Gandhi spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, on how she came to the centrestage of Indian politics, her relationship with Indira Gandhi and Varun Gandhi joining the BJP.
		Don’t forget that, at least the Indira Gandhi I knew, was a democrat at heart, to the core.
		Sonia Gandhi spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, on the reasons why she stepped into active politics; what she thinks of the BJP, PM Vajpayee, and the Gujarat riots; and the demand for her children to enter politics.
	www.aicc.org.in /walk-the-talk.htm (5974 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		While Varun or his mother Maneka is unlikely to match Rahul's and Priyanka's ability to woo the voters, the battle between the Gandhis is sure to evoke considerable media attention in the weeks leading up to the elections due in the next few months.
		Varun's decision to join the BJP means that Indira Gandhi's grandchildren will be campaigning for rival political parties - Varun for the BJP and Rahul and Priyanka for the Congress, which their mother Sonia now leads.
		Varun cannot contest the upcoming elections as he is under-age.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/FB25Df04.html (998 words)

	Keralaonline.com - Straight Talk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Today the squabble continues even as his cousin Rahul Gandhi contests the polls from the family bastion of Amethi - where Rahul's father, Rajiv Gandhi defeated Varun's mother Maneka after Sanjay's death - and Varun, too young to contest elections, tours the country for the BJP.
		Varun said he did not wish to get embroiled in the bickering but maintained that the Italian origin of his aunt, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, is a poll issue.
		As plates of bread, curry and sherbet are served, the crowd cheers on: "Varun Gandhi fight on, we are with you!"
	www.keralaonline.com /straighttalk/display.asp?cap=varun.htm (546 words)

	Motilal Nehru - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In the 1910s, Nehru was a man of many elitist habits and attitudes, and a Westernized lifestyle, and one of the moderate, wealthy leaders of the Indian National Congress.
		With the ascent of Mahatma Gandhi in 1918, Nehru was one of the first to transform his life (and considering his wealth and long-time Anglicized habits, a quite remarkable achievement) to exclude western clothes and material goods, and adopt a more native Indian lifestyle.
		Although initially close to Gandhi, he openly criticized Gandhi's suspension of civil resistance in 1922 due to the murder of policemen by a nationalist mob in Chauri Chaura.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Nehru,_Motilal (567 words)

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