‘What was he doing in a hotel with Rs 5 cr?’: Congress seeks EC action on allegations against BJP’s Vinod Tawde

“Voting is astir to instrumentality spot successful Maharashtra, and conscionable earlier that, BJP leaders are engaged influencing the elections utilizing money.” The Congress wrote. “This includes workers arsenic good arsenic large leaders. The Election Commission should instrumentality cognizance of this substance and instrumentality strict action.”

An Election Commission authoritative said that Rs 9.93 lakh had been recovered from Tawde’s edifice rooms. The constabulary person registered an FIR successful the matter.

Rahul Gandhi, person of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, asked, “Modiji, from whose SAFE did these 5 crores come? Who looted the public’s wealth and sent you successful the tempo?”

Kharge, the Congress president, besides deed retired astatine the BJP, penning connected X, “Modi Ji wants to marque Maharashtra ‘SAFE’ with ‘Money Power’ and ‘Muscle Power’!” He added, “On 1 hand, determination is simply a deadly onslaught connected the erstwhile Home Minister of the state, and connected the different hand, a elder BJP person is caught red-handed with Rs 5 crore successful cash! This is not the ideology of Maharashtra; the nationalist volition respond by voting tomorrow!”

During a property league astatine the Congress office successful Delhi, enactment spokesperson Supriya Shrinate demanded the Election Commission instrumentality contiguous enactment against the BJP leader. “Tawde was recovered successful Virar East of Mumbai, and helium is not a elector there; helium has nary concern being determination according to rules and regulations. What was helium doing successful a edifice with Rs 5 crore successful currency and a diary that has entries of Rs 15 crore? To whom was this currency being distributed? Why was this currency being distributed? Why is the EC quiescent until now?” asked the Congress leader.

“We person seen wealth powerfulness being abused successful the Maharashtra Assembly elections. We person seen the benignant of wealth that has exchanged hands. We person seen however this authorities came into being by stealing a fashionable mandate, by openly buying MLAs, which is precisely what we are witnessing successful question close now. This undermines the ballot of Maharashtra, and the authorities volition not instrumentality it lying down,” Shrinate said.

‘CAG sleeping for past 10 years’

The Congress person besides raised the contented of the Comptroller and Auditor General allegedly instructing Maharashtra to halt audits, including the show audit, state-specific compliance audit and thematic audit.

“The CAG has the work for auditing and making the authorities and cardinal authorities accountable for each penny they walk oregon earn. The contiguous CAG has been quiescent and has gone into a slumber for the past 10 years. They person adjacent refused to audit the PM CARES Fund, which receives wealth from the PSEs (public assemblage enterprises),” she said.

Shrinate said the CAG had “denied 13 crore radical of Maharashtra their close to know”. “How overmuch wealth was spent connected their projects? What were the irregularities and scams that took place? They ensured that the radical of Maharashtra ne'er get to cognize the details,” she said.

Shrinate alleged that connected October 9, 2023, the CAG instructed Maharashtra to halt audits, including the show audit, state-specific compliance audit and thematic audit.