New Delhi, Mar 25 : Hours after the Allahabad High Court dimissed the bail petition of BJP’s Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi in connection with his alleged hate remarks against Muslims, the Congress Party today said he deserved much worse than this.

“Varun Gandhi deserves much worse than mere dismissal of the petition because he has deliberately tried to create communal polarisation,” AICC Spokesman Abishek Manu Singhvi told UNI here today.

“But we have no doubt that the BJP will invent yet another excuse to justify giving him a ticket and continue to support such pratcies,” he said.

On March 19 the BJP leader Varun moved the Allahabad High Court challenging the criminal case lodged against him on the directives of the Election Commission for his alleged communal remarks.

A division bench comprising Justice Imtiaz Mumtaz and S C Nigam today dismissed the petition of Gandhi after hearing his counsel.

The court, however, did not specify reason for the dismissal.

Earlier, the Delhi High Court had given him an interim anticipatory bail.