I’m a fan of WTF posts by Amit Varma, but it is not because of that I uttered WTF(!) when I read about Varun Gandhi saying ‘I’m a Gandhi‘ in an interview with CNN-IBN. Varun who have reportedly said his hand “is not a hand, but it is the power of a lotus”, and that lotus “will cut the head of Muslims”, also said he is a Gandhian. A Gandhian, he said. And I don’t know if he ever cared to read beyond Gandhi, the surname.

This year’s is Varun’s first election campaign and his mother has happily given away her constituency for her son (yes, the family affairs work well in BJP too). Playing the communal card during election times is nothing new for his party and his party leaders. Varun too would have wanted to become the fire brand of the party. Well, that is how it works for all fire brands of BJP. Advani played the communal card, became the face of Hindutva and now the Prime Minister candidate of BJP. Narendra Modi played the same card, replaced Advani as the face of Hindutva and by the looks of it, soon will become the next Prime Minister candidate of BJP.

So Varun must have thought, why not do it from the start? The other two men had to wait until they became old but considering there is a cousin from the clan leading the forefront of Congress, Varun has too little time to waste. But since his speech has got widespread news coverage and the Election Commission filed a case against Varun, he’s got his plans all wrong. Even his own party had to say that “we don’t agree with what Varun has said” to save their face.

During the denial drama, Varun claimed that the videos were edited and probably tomorrow he would be made to sound like Amitabh Bachan. I’m just wondering, is it that bad to sound like Amitabh Bachan? Now there is a clear scope for Bachan to take an offense.

(Photo courtesy: BBC, AFP)

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