Denied Ticket, What’s Next For Varun Gandhi? Mother Maneka Gandhi Says.

New Delhi: 

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Maneka Gandhi on Saturday said that she has “faith” in her son Varun Gandhi, who was not picked to defend his Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit.

Speaking to NDTV, Ms Gandhi said that she respects the party’s decision to field a different candidate.

“I cannot challenge the party’s decision and I respect it. I have so much faith in Varun Gandhi. He is a capable person and will do his best,” the former Union Minister said.

Some people become a Member of Parliament and some become a politician without being an MP,” Ms Gandhi told NDTV and drew a parallel with Chandra Shekhar, who was the first Indian prime minister who had never held any prior government office.

“You never know what life has in store for you,” the Sultanpur MP, also a noted environmental activist, said.

Varun Gandhi is a two-time MP from Pilibhit, which has been a family affair since 1989 when it was won by Maneka Gandhi.