India News: Appointed general secretary at the age of 33, the youngest ever for any national party in the country, Varun Gandhi's rise in the BJP has been meteoric. Party chief Rajnath Singh is said to have been extremely keen on appointing Gandhi for two major reasons: the Uttar Pradesh factor and the youth connect.
Not only did Gandhi win the Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat by a huge margin of over four lakh votes in 2009, he is extremely popular among party cadres across the state.
