BJP’s Vinod Tawde sends legal notice to Congress leaders for making cash-for-vote allegations
He demanded that Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge apologise or face criminal and civil proceedings.
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vinod Tawde on Friday sent a legal notice to Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Supriya Shrinate, demanding that they apologise for allegedly making “baseless allegations” against him.
The Congress leaders had accused him of distributing cash to voters in the city of Nalasopara near Mumbai to influence them ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections held on November 20.
कांग्रेस का एक ही काम है झूठ फैलाना!
नालासोपारा वाले झूठे मामले में मैंने कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष मल्लिकार्जुन खड़गे, राहुल गाँधी और पार्टी प्रवक्ता सुप्रिया श्रीनेत को मानहानि का नोटिस भेजा है, क्योंकि उन्होंने इस मामले में झूठ फैलाकर मेरी और भारतीय जनता पार्टी की छवि को नुकसान… pic.twitter.com/ZO75yKSx8m— Vinod Tawde (@TawdeVinod) November 22, 2024
The legal notice demanded that Congress leaders should publish an unconditional apology in at least three English and three regional newspapers as well as on social media platform X. It stated that if they failed to comply, Tawde would file a criminal case and initiate civil proceedings worth Rs 100 crore.
On November 19, a day before the Maharashtra elections, Bahujan Vikas Agadi supporters confronted Tawde in a hotel in Nalasopara and accused him of distributing Rs 5 lakh in cash to influence voters.
The Bahujan Vikas Agadi claimed that a bag in Tawde’s possession contained a diary mentioning...
