Varun Gandhi

Feroze Varun Gandhi (born 13 March 1980, Delhi, India) is an Indian politician. He is the son of the late Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi and belongs to the Gandhi-Nehru family <!-- clan -->. A member of the 15th Lok Sabha, Gandhi is also a member of the BJP National Executive and the youngest National Secretary in the history of the party. His mother, Maneka, is Indira Gandhi's daughter-in-law and a Member of Parliament from the Aonla constituency.

Formative years and education

Varun is grandson of the ex-Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. His father died in a plane crash when he was three months old. His grandmother was assassinated when Varun was four-years-old. Indira Gandhi is said to have been very fond of Varun and was greatly distressed when his mother left the household.

He attended Rishi Valley School and completed his A levels from the British School, New Delhi, where he was elected secretary of the student council. According to a press statement released by Sumantra Bose, Professor of International and Comparative Politics at London School of Economics, Varun completed his BSc in Economics from LSE via the University of London External System in the year 2002. He also completed...
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