Varun Gandhi, mother Maneka out of new BJP national executive

BJP MP from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi on Thursday was dropped from the newly constituted national executive of the BJP. This comes after he strongly condemned the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and attitude lately of challenging the Uttar Pradesh state leadership of the party.

Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh):Soon after he condemned the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, in which a car belonging to a Union minister's car ran over a group of protesting farmers, Pilibhit Varun Gandhi was Thursday dropped from the newly constituted BJP national executive. His mother and Sultanpur MP Maneka Gandhi, a former Union minister, was also excluded from the national executive.

Earlier in the day, Varun Gandhi tweeted a clearer video of the farmers run over at Lakhimpur Kheri and demanded accountability for the innocent blood of farmers that has been spilt.

"The video is crystal clear. Protestors cannot be silenced through murder. There has to be accountability for the innocent blood of farmers that has been spilled and justice must be delivered before a message of arrogance and cruelty enters the minds of every farmer," the BJP MP tweeted.

The Pilibhit MP has been quite vocal about the incident wherein eight farmers were killed. On Tuesday too, the BJP leader had uploaded a video related to the incident and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. He had also tweeted demanding Rs 1 crore compensation to the family of the deceased farmers and wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Apart from that, he had also demanded a CBI inquiry into the entire incident and completion of this investigation under the supervision of the Supreme Court.

Lately, the BJP MP's attitude has been challenging the state leadership of the BJP and has been making statements opposing party decisions during critical moments.