4pm News Network: Political temperatures are high over the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde’s woes appear to be rising amid ‘cash for votes’ allegations a day before voting in Maharashtra. Vinod Tawde has been accused by Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) of being caught distributing cash at a hotel in Virar to influence Nalasopara voters. Bahujan Vikas Aghadi has claimed that apart from the cash, a red diary was also found in Vinod Tawde’s bag, in which the details of the people to whom the money was given were written.
The opposition fiercely cornered the BJP
The opposition has fiercely cornered the Bharatiya Janata Party on this issue. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi wrote in a post Who looted public money and sent you to Tempo?
Along with this, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, while reacting to ‘cash for vote’ allegations against Vinod Tawde, wrote in a post on X that ‘Modi ji wants to make Maharashtra SAFE with money power and muscle power. The Congress president further said that on one hand, there is a deadly attack on the former Home Minister of the state. On the other hand, senior BJP leaders are caught red-handed with Rs 5 crore in cash. He said: This is not the ideology of Maharashtra, the public will respond by voting tomorrow.
