Born March 13, 1980
He is a politician in India. Varun belongs to the Nehru-Gandhi family, the most prominent political family in India.
Early Life
He is the only son of the late Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi.
Varun Gandhi was 3 months old when his father died and he was 4 years old when his grandmother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was assassinated by her security guards. His great-grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first Prime Minister of India, and his great-great-grandfather Motilal Nehru was a distinguished leader of the Indian independence movement.
He attended the prestigious Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh, India. Varun did his law and economics at the London School of Economics, he then completed his Masters from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
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He is currently a member of the BJP National executive and one of the main political campaigners of the party. He is seen by party seniors and political analysts to be the youth face of the party and to be the front runner for the third generation leadership of the party in the future.
He wrote a book of poems titled "The Otherness of Self".
Varun was not yet 25 during the 2004 General Elections, and therefore could not contest. He was seen by many to have risen in the BJP ranks too quickly and this was widely reported to have angered second-rung party bosses. He was reported to have turned down several posts such as the Chief of the National Youth Wing, and the National Secretary and President of the Uttar Pradesh state unit.
His political debut in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh was one of the most awaited debuts in recent times; however in a stunning upset, the BJP denied him the ticket claiming that he was being groomed to take over Uttar Pradesh leadership. He was later offered a ticket from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, which he refused. Varun is seen by many political analysts as being the obvious choice for the next generation leadership in Uttar Pradesh. His political weight can be ascertained from the fact that his ticket, along with Maneka Gandhi, was announced in the first list of the BJP for the 2009 Indian General Elections which had only ten names.
Nonetheless, the media has reported that his mother Maneka will vacate her six-time constituency of Pilibhit for Varun during the 2009 elections, while she will contest from neighboring Anwla .
BJP decided to field Varun Gandhi from the Pilibhit Lok sabha seat for general election 2009.
