Echo of cash scandal from Maharashtra to Delhi, Congress-BJP face to face

Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: Voting is going on today on Wednesday (20 November) for 288 assembly seats of Maharashtra. Earlier, the turmoil in the state’s politics attracted everyone’s attention. Congress and other opposition parties accused BJP and Prime Minister in ‘cash for vote’ case. Narendra Modi Has made a scathing attack on. The main allegation is on BJP leader Vinod Tawde. He has been accused of buying votes by paying money.

Congress and other opposition parties allege that Tawde was distributing money to voters, and a video of this entire incident has also surfaced. Congress says that this incident also raises questions on the impartiality of the Election Commission. Many big leaders of Congress have taken BJP to task on the matter. On this, Rahul Gandhi alleged that this money “belongs to the public which has been looted and used.”

Taking a dig at PM Modi’s recent statement, he asked, “From whose safe has this Rs 5 crore come out?” Meanwhile, Congress Party President Mallikarjun Kharge said that the people of Maharashtra will respond to this work through voting. Apart from this, Supriya Shrinet accused the Election Commission of maintaining silence and asked why Tawde was present in Virar area after the election campaign stopped.

Modi ji, from whose SAFE has this Rs 5 crore come out? Who sent you to Tempo after looting public money? https://t.co/Dl1CzndVvl

—Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 19, 2024

BJP’s answer and counterattack
BJP leader Vinod Tawde termed these allegations as baseless and said that Congress should check the facts instead of making “childish statements”. He challenged Congress to see the CCTV footage of the hotel and present evidence. BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya described Rahul Gandhi’s statements as “flying arrows”.

Role of Election Commission
There is increasing pressure on the Election Commission to ensure impartiality. Congress has demanded that the Commission should take immediate action and investigate this matter. Whereas in this case maharashtra assembly elections What impact it will have on the results will become clear only after voting. However, this issue has created a stir among the voters and every party is trying to make it an election weapon.

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