A day earlier than the Maharashtra goes to the polls, political tensions escalated in Virar as Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) staff gheraoed BJP common secretary Vinod Tawde over allegations of distributing money to affect voters.
The incident unfolded at a lodge in Virar, the place BVA staff, claimed that Tawde was caught red-handed with money.
In accordance with the BVA, a bag in Tawde’s possession contained a diary referencing the distribution of Rs 15 crore. Hitendra Thakur, the BVA MLA from Vasai-Virar, alleged that Tawde had arrived with Rs 5 crore in money.
The state of affairs intensified when Kshitij Thakur, the incumbent MLA from Nalasopara and Hitendra Thakur’s son, reportedly snatched the diary containing the main points of the alleged money distribution. He questioned Tawde’s presence in Virar after campaigning had formally ended on Monday night.
The BVA additionally raised considerations in regards to the lodge’s non-functional CCTV cameras. “Motion must be taken towards the lodge as effectively. The one purpose why CCTV closed down was cash distribution was occurring” Thakur mentioned
Reacting to the incident Sena UBT president Uddhav Thackeray referred to his baggage being checked and mentioned “I’ve come right here to take the Darshan of goddess Tulja Bhavani. Once I got here right here my baggage have been checked however they discovered nothing. I bought to know from the media that money was discovered within the baggage of Vinod Tawde. Yesterday there was an assault on NCP chief Anil Deshmukh… Who was speculated to verify all this? Therefore I prayed to Goddess that quickly this corrupt authorities ought to go…”
BJP’s Response
The BJP dismissed the allegations, terming them baseless and politically motivated. Senior BJP chief Sudhir Mungantiwar ridiculed the accusations, stating, “Vinod Tawde is a nationwide common secretary. Is he going to distribute cash at ward ranges? Such claims are absurd.”
Atul Bhatkhalkar, one other BJP chief, known as the allegations a “false narrative” created by opposition events going through an imminent defeat. He added that such fees have been a part of a deliberate try to malign the BJP’s picture.
