Honey traP or Political Plot?

There is much speculation about the timing of the revelations of a honey trap against BJP MP Varun Gandhi. With UP elections around the corner, he had been projecting himself as a possible chief ministerial face. This had not gone down well with some of his party colleagues. What is also interesting is the lack of support from the BJP, for unlike the allegations against Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje, the party has left the young MP to defend himself. Pictures of a 22-year Varun in compromising positions have gone viral. But then as he says this was a time when he was not a public figure, was 22 and single. There have been other political leaders caught indulging in an extramarital affair and who have survived the scandal. Question for Varun is not if public memory will move on, but whether his party is ready to do the same.