Allahabad, Mar 19 : Jolted by the repercussions of his alleged communal remarks, BJP's Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency candidate filed a petition in the High Court to dismiss the FIR lodged against him.

The hearing on the case is scheduled for Monday.

After an FIR was filed on Tuesday against Varun for allegedly making a hate speech targeting Muslims during an election rally on March 6, two more cases have been registered against him. The two cases were filed on Thursday.

Varun has already applied for anticipatory bail after the Election Commission ordered the registration of a criminal case against him.
Meanwhile, Varun must reply to the show-cause notice issued to him by the three-member Election Commission by 1100 hrs IST on March 20.

The EC has also sought forensic analysis of the tapes of Varun's speech and has also ordered video tracking of all rallies and functions attended by him.