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NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his cousin Varun Gandhi, a BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh, had a brief meeting at Kedarnath temple on Tuesday where both had gone to offer prayers. The meeting between the cousins, who are rarely seen together in public, triggered speculation in some quarters over Varun Gandhi’s political future.
Varun, the son of Sanjay & Maneka Gandhi, has not been seen at key BJP meets in recent months and his comments on crucial issues, including those on the now-repealed farm laws, have sometimes been at variance with the party’s stand.
Sources said that the Gandhis met briefly outside the revered shrine and exchanged pleasantries. They said the meeting was “very short” and “warm one”. Rahul Gandhi was “very happy” to meet Varun’s daughter, they said, adding though the two cousins do not meet, they have maintained “good and civil” ties.
The sources said that nothing political was discussed.
At a presser last year, when asked whether Varun would be welcome in Congress, Rahul said though anybody was welcome, Varun has “adopted the ideology of RSS” against which the Congress was fighting.
Varun, the son of Sanjay & Maneka Gandhi, has not been seen at key BJP meets in recent months and his comments on crucial issues, including those on the now-repealed farm laws, have sometimes been at variance with the party’s stand.
Sources said that the Gandhis met briefly outside the revered shrine and exchanged pleasantries. They said the meeting was “very short” and “warm one”. Rahul Gandhi was “very happy” to meet Varun’s daughter, they said, adding though the two cousins do not meet, they have maintained “good and civil” ties.
The sources said that nothing political was discussed.
At a presser last year, when asked whether Varun would be welcome in Congress, Rahul said though anybody was welcome, Varun has “adopted the ideology of RSS” against which the Congress was fighting.
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