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Ahead of the voting for the 2024 Assembly election in Maharashtra, workers of the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) on Tuesday, November 19, gheraoed BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde at a Virar hotel in Palghar district and accused him of distributing cash to woo voters. The BVA workers claimed that the senior BJP leader was caught red-handed with cash. They have alleged that a bag with Tawde contained a diary that included references to the distribution of ₹15 crore, The Indian Express reported.
BVA's Hitendra Thakur, the sitting MLA from Vasai-Virar, alleged the BJP leader arrived at the hotel with ₹5 crore cash. At the hotel, Hitendra Thakur’s son and incumbent Nalasopara MLA Kshitij Thakur reportedly snatched the dairy and even questioned Tawde's presence in Virar after poll campaigning officially came to an end on Monday evening. Further, they even raised questions about the non-functional CCTV cameras at the hotel.
Kshitij Thakur said the authorities should take action against the hotel as well. Sharing a video of the incident on X, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said the work that should have been done by the Election Commission was done by Thakurs. भाजपचा खेळ खल्लास! जे काम निवडणूक आयोगानेच करायला हवे होते ते काम ठाकुरानी केले! निवडणूक आयोग आमच्या बॅगा तपासतो आणि इकडे शेपूट घालतो! pic.
twitter.com/BcGKRVSOkj — Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) November 19, 2024 Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, who offered prayers at the Tuljabhavani Temple, said he prayed that the reign of corrupt demons ends in Maharashtra.” “I have prayed that a government should come that will beautify the culture of Maharashtra.
Even while coming here, my bag was checked but nothing was found. I have come to know from you people that money was found in Vinod Tawde's bag,” he said. Osmanabad, Maharashtra | Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray says "I offered prayers at Tuljabhavani Temple and prayed that the reign of corrupt demons ends in Maharashtra.
I have prayed that a government should come that will beautify the culture of Maharashtra. Even while..
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com/hFbkYK72NF — ANI (@ANI) November 19, 2024 Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi also weighed in on the controversy and said, “Uddhavji’s bag was checked multiple times but the ones truly carrying the cash bags went unchecked. Today a lot of people stand exposed. Waiting to see what action will be taken on BJP and its General Secretary Vinod Tawde ji.
” Uddhavji’s bag was checked multiple times but the ones truly carrying the cash bags went unchecked. Today a lot of people stand exposed. Waiting to see what action will be taken on BJP and its General Secretary Vinod Tawde ji.
pic.twitter.com/345cS0OmPG — Priyanka Chaturvedi???????? (@priyankac19) November 19, 2024 BJP denies charge The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has denied these allegations, terming them baseless and politically motivated.
Tawde said that a meeting of MLAs of Nalasopara was underway and they were discussing the Model Code of Conduct for the day of voting, among other things. “I went there to tell them about it. The workers of the party (BVA), Appa Thakur and Kshitij thought that we were distributing money.
Let the Election Commission and police inquire, let them get CCTV footage. I have been in the party for 40 years. Appa Thakur and Kshitij know me, and the entire party knows me.
..Still, I believe that the Election Commission should conduct an impartial investigation," he said.
#WATCH | BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde says, "...
a meeting of MLAs of Nalasopara was underway. The Model Code of Conduct for the day of voting, how will voting machines be sealed and how to go about if an objection has to be made..
.I went there to tell them about it..
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co/kOupjvw0wE pic.twitter.com/3JFRdecQp1 — ANI (@ANI) November 19, 2024 Senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar also ridiculed the accusations and called them "absurd.
” Maharashtra is all set to vote for the Assembly polls in a single phase, covering all the 288 seats in the state, on Wednesday, November 20..
