As polling is underway in Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and candidate from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, Nawab Malik on Wednesday casts his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai.
Actor Farhan Akhtar and his sister, filmmaker Zoya Akhtar were spotted at a polling booth in Bandra as voting for the Maharashtra Assembly elections began on Wednesday morning.
"I and Vinod are old friends. Not only this, I know all his family members. The person who spent his 10 years without any salary for the party, and lived wherever the party said... He worked very long for the party as a minister and held various positions with honesty. He cannot do this..
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters in Jharkhand and Maharashtra to participate with full enthusiasm in the voting taking place on Wednesday.
Tawde took to X and accused the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance leaders Supriya Sule and Nana Patole of using "illegal bitcoin money" in the assembly elections of Maharashtra.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah urged the people in Maharashtra to vote in large numbers and form a government that focuses on the prosperity of the state, the safety of women and the progress of farmers.
Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) Member of Parliament Supriya Sule on Tuesday challenged BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi to debate the allegation of a "bitcoin scam" in the Maharashtra polls.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday said Election Commission should take action against BJP leader Vinod Tawde over allegations against him of "distributing money" ahead of Maharashtra polls. Tawde has denied the allegations.
Maharashtra polls is seeing a tight battle between the ruling Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliances with several constituencies throwing up interesting contests.
Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary Vinod Tawde on Tuesday dismissed Bahujan Vikas Aghadi's allegations (BVA) that he was "distributing money" ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra polls saying that he has never been involved in a case relating to money in his 40 years of career i