New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday night described as the "worst kind of vendetta politics" the action of Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh invoking the National Security Act (NSA) against Varun Gandhi and asserted he is still its candidate from Pilibhit for the Lok Sabha polls.
The saffron party's stand got the support of a Constitutional expert when Subash Kashyap said the action appeared to be "less legal than political" and that he cannot be "prevented" from contesting the upcoming elections.
"This is pure vendetta politics aimed at vote bank," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javdekar said.
"This is not emergency days. The nation is watching. Gandhi has been charged under this Act at a time when a TADA convict (Sanjay Dutt) is seeking his election from Lucknow and many more culprits are in the fray," Javdekar said.
Describing the UP government's action as an undemocratic and illegal step, another BJP spokesperson Balbir Punj said imposing of the NSA represented a "gross misuse of law."
"Varun was our candidate for the Lok Sabha from Pilibhit and he will continue to be our candidate," Punj said, adding that the NSA action is a result of "competitive vote bank politics between the BSP in UP and Congress at the Centre." Kashyap said the NSA action will prove counter-productive since the act is not meant for "finishing political opponents". The act is meant for dealing with enemies of nation who are a threat to national security, he said, adding that "by no stretch of imagination we can say this young boy (Varun) is a threat to national security".
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