Maneka Gandhi writes to PM about Varun’s safety

Maneka Gandhi writes to PM about Varun’s safety BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, on Sunday, urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take confirmatory steps, in order to ensure safety of her son - the Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi - who hasallegedly got death threats from the underworld.

Mrs Gandhi said, in a letter to the PM: "It is with the deepest concern for my son's life and safety that I write to you today. This is not the first such incident.

An earlier such conspiracy by the same people was unearthed in April this year." She said that the government or security agencies did not apprise them about threats to their lives, and she was informed through media reports about danger to the life of her son.

She further stated that the Delhi Police Commissioner, whom she rang up, also feigned ignorance about some suspected persons arrested by the police, despite the Delhi police claims of having arrested six men from the Chhota Shakeel gang.

She criticized the Home Ministry for taking threats to her son's life lightly. She further said: "The Home Ministry should respond with the urgency and responsibility that behooves those entrusted with the safety of a whole nation."