Divide and rule?
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh): Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi appears to have polarised Pilibhit on communal and even caste lines like never before, making the outcome of the May 13 Lok Sabha poll here quite unpredictable.
Hindus, Muslims, Kurmis and Bengali migrants are openly speaking of voting for or against Varun Gandhi, who was reported to have delivered communal and inflammatory speeches in this constituency and was put in jail for it.
While he has become a Hindutva mascot here, Muslims are now going all out to favour his Congress rival V M Singh. This has happened in spite of the presence of a Muslim candidate fielded by the Samajwadi Party.
Image: An elderly man welcomes BJP leader Varun Gandhi in Pilibhit on Saturday.
Text: IANS
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