UP govt moves SC against decision to revoke NSA against Varun

New Delhi, May 12 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government
Tuesday moved the Supreme Court of India challenging advisory
board's decision of revoking charges against Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi under the stringent NSA for
his alleged hate speeches.

The advisiory board on May 8 had held that it neither
found "plausible and convincing" grounds for the National
Security Act (NSA) being invoked against Varun nor was it
satisfied by the explanation given by the Pilibhit District
Magistrate.

29-year-old Varun, who is BJP's Lok Sabha candidate
(Lower House of Parliament) from Pilibhit in India's
northern state of Uttar Pradesh, is currently on parole
following a Supreme Court of India order after remaining in
jail for nearly three weeks. He was released from Etah jail on
April 16. His parole expires on May 14.

Varun was let off by a three-member Advisory board
headed by senior judge of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High
Court Justice Pradeep Kant which went into the maintainability
of Varun's detention by the UP government under the NSA
imposed on March 29. PTI