On the eve of the mega Maharashtra assembly elections 2024, tensions flared in Mumbai's Virar East on November 19 as members of the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA), led by Hitendra Thakur, clashed with BJP representatives.

BJP’s Vinod Tawde denies bribery allegations in Virar after BVA claims ₹5 crore vote-buying. Police, ECI initiate probe; tensions rise in Vasai-Virar.

BVA workers led by MLA Kshitij Thakur disrupted a BJP meeting alleging cash distribution by BJP leader Vinod Tawde. Tawde refuted the claims, urging an inquiry by the Election Commission. The incident has fueled controversy ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections.

BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde on Tuesday rejected the cash-for-vote allegation levelled by Bahujan Vikas Aghadi leader Hitendra Thakur, saying the authorities can check the CCTV footage of the premises to verify the truth.

On the eve of the Maharashtra assembly elections, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi leader Hitendra Thakur accused BJP leader Vinod Tawde of distributing money to voters in Palghar district. Thakur claimed he received information about Tawde's alleged actions and confronted him at a hotel in Virar.

With just a day left for the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, a controversy erupted in the State’s political circles as the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) accused BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde of distributing cash to party workers at a hotel near Mumbai.

The BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde was accused of arriving with Rs.5 crore meant for distribution to the party's Nalasopara constituency candidate, Rajan Naik.

Vinod Tawde has denied the accusations despite a video going viral of BVA workers storming into a hotel in Nalasopara during a meeting between the BJP leader and Rajan Naik, the BJP candidate from the Assembly seat.

Senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar ridiculed the accusations, stating, “Vinod Tawde is a national general secretary. Is he going to distribute money at ward levels? Such claims are absurd.”