‘Who despatched you cash in tempo?’: Rahul Gandhi ‘Protected’ assault on PM Modi after costs on Vinod Tawde | India Information

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday focused Prime Minister Narendra Modi after senior BJP chief Vinod Tawde was caught in “cash-for-votes” row on the eve of Maharashtra meeting elections. An FIR has been lodged towards Tawde after Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) chief Hitendra Thakur accused the BJP nationwide normal secretary of distributing cash to voters in Palghar.
Rahul reacted sharply to the controversy and used it to proceed together with his digs at PM Modi’s “ek hain to protected hain” ballot pitch. “Modiji, from whose ‘SAFE’ did these 5 crores come? Who looted the general public’s cash and despatched you within the tempo?” the Congress chief posted on X.

The Congress chief had on Monday mocked PM’s ‘Ek hai toh protected hai’ ballot pitch and claimed there was a hyperlink between the slogan and the Dharavi redevelopment venture being given to the Adani Group.
Rahul had introduced a steel protected on the press convention and pulled out two posters from it. One poster featured an image of industrialist Gautam Adani and PM Modi with the caption “Ek hai toh Protected hai,” and one other confirmed a map of the venture.
The “Ek hai toh protected hai” slogan primarily serves to assist Adani purchase Rs one lakh crore value of land by the Dharavi redevelopment venture, he had alleged.
‘Baatenge aur jitenge’
Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray additionally took a “word jihad” jibe at BJP and demanded strict motion by the Election Fee.
Uddhav stated that merely merely registering a case towards Tawde will not suffice.
“Is that this BJP’s word jihad (for votes)? ‘Baatenge aur jitenge’ (will distribute money to win). Whole Maharashtra has seen it (a video displaying bundles of money). Maharashtra will resolve tomorrow,” Thackeray advised reporters, taking a swipe on the ‘Batenge toh Katenge’ (divided we fall) slogan raised by UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and “vote Jihad” claims.
“Tawde was lauded for toppling governments in some states and serving to to type new ones. Now the key behind this has come out within the open,” he added.

Tawde denies any wrongdoing, BJP alleges conspiracy

In the meantime, Tawde vehemently denied any wrongdoings and stated that “all the things is on the report in full public and media view plus the CCTV cameras of the lodge”. The BJP claimed that allegations towards its senior chief had been baseless and alleged a conspiracy by a “determined” opposition forward of tomorrow’s voting.
“A gathering of MLAs of Nalasopara was underway. I went there to inform them concerning the Mannequin Code of Conduct for the day of voting, how will voting machines be sealed, and the way to go about if an objection needs to be made. The employees of the celebration (Bahujan Vikas Aghadi), Appa Thakur and Kshitij thought that we had been distributing cash. Let the Election Fee and Police inquire, allow them to get CCTV footage. I’ve been within the celebration for 40 years. Appa Thakur and Kshitij know me, and your complete celebration is aware of me. Nonetheless, I imagine that the Election Fee ought to conduct an neutral investigation,” Tawde stated.
BJP MP and nationwide spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi got here out in Tawde’s help and termed the allegations baseless. “Vinod Tawde is our nationwide secretary and is taking care of a number of capabilities of the celebration … The candidate of the (Nalasopara) constituency requested him to attend the assembly. He was passing from close by, so he agreed. Such conferences are executed to instruct the celebration staff concerning the polling course of. We insist that the CCTV of the lodge and the close by areas be checked… Rs. 5 crores can’t be introduced in a pocket. It could be seen if somebody had been carrying it… They need to present proof and never make baseless allegations,” he stated.