New Delhi. On Tuesday, November 19, a day before voting for the assembly elections in Maharashtra, BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde was accused of distributing money.
Election Commission officials recovered Rs 9 lakh and documents from Tawde's room in a hotel in Virar, a suburb of Mumbai. Its video has surfaced. However, the Election Commission has only said that some seizure has been done. Information has not been given in detail.
Following the opposition's allegations, the Election Commission has lodged an FIR under the Representation of the People Act against Vinod Tawde and BJP candidate from Nalasopara Rajan Naik. Voting will be held in single phase on 288 assembly seats of the state on November 20. The result will come on 23rd November.
Tawde was holding a meeting in the hotel, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi workers surrounded him. MLAs of Hitendra Thakur's Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) alleged that Tawde reached a hotel in Virar area on Tuesday with Rs 5 crore. BJP candidate from Nalasopara seat Rajan Naik and other workers were also with him. His meeting was going on here.
According to BVA, money was being distributed to voters in the hotel. On receiving the information, Hitendra Thakur and his son Kshitij Thakur also reached the hotel. There was a fierce dispute between BVA and BJP workers. Kshitij Thakur is also the BVA candidate from Nalasopara seat.
In the videos that have surfaced from the hotel, BVA workers are seen holding notes. A young man has a diary in his hand. It is alleged that the account of money is in this diary.
Tawde said – I had gone to the meeting of workers, Election Commission should investigate. Vinod Tawde said – A meeting of workers was going on in Nalasopara assembly constituency. I had reached there to tell 12 things about the code of conduct for the election day. The parties in front of us thought that I had come there to distribute money. The Election Commission and the police should investigate these allegations. I have been in the party for 40 years. Everyone knows me. I also want that the Election Commission should conduct an impartial investigation.
Thakur said – The hotel's CCTVs were switched off, we got them switched on. Hitendra Thakur said – I had received information that Vinod Tawde was coming to distribute money to the voters. I thought a national leader like him would not do such a small work. When I went to the hotel and saw them, the CCTV cameras there were switched off. CCTVs were switched on after our request. Tawde was distributing money to voters. He stayed in the hotel for more than 3 hours.
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