Varun Gandhi skips BJP UP MPs' dinner, gets support from Shatrughan Sinha for CM post

A report suggested Varun Gandhi, who was in Allahabad to attend BJP's two-day National Executive, left for New Delhi as his wife was unwell.

Allahabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sultanpur MP Varun Gandhi on Monday skipped a dinner meeting with party president Amit Shah, exposing the tiff between the two sides.

A report, however, suggested that Gandhi, who was here to attend BJP's two-day National Executive conclave, left for New Delhi as his wife was unwell.

Nonetheless, the reason did not go down well with the party leadership, which is already unhappy with Gandhi's blatant attempt to project himself as the probable chief ministerial candidate during BJP's two-day National Executive conclave here.

Amidst reports that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh could be named as the chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh, hundreds of posters of Varun Gandhi were put in Allahabad to make sure that his candidacy is not missed, if the party is looking for a face to be projected in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections early next year. The posters also had images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah.

However, the move irked the party's leadership so much that show cause notice were issued to two party workers, who allegedly were found to be involved in the goof-up.

According to India Today, Allahabad MP Shyama Charan Gupta told Shah during the dinner meeting that Varun Gandhi is getting his posters plastered all over the city and when he protested, the Sultanpur MP's supporters threw eggs and tomatoes at his house.

Gandhi, meanwhile, on Sunday got the support of Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Patna Sahib MP Shatrughan Sinha in his bid to become the party’s face for the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections.

“Varun Gandhi is known among the people as a fighter who strives hard for the party. He has the acceptability of the people of Uttar Pradesh and he is a leader with wisdom,” Sinha said.