Navi Mumbai: MNS Navi Mumbai city president Gajanan Kale summoned a press conference in Turbhe on Monday where he alleged that a worker of Shiv Sena was distributing money to woo voters during the NMMC general election in Koparkhairane ward panel number 11A. Kale even displayed a video clip of a Sena activist being cornered by a group of rival political workers alleging that he was distributing money. However, in the video clip, the Sena activist is claiming that he was carrying his personal cash and objected to the demand by the rival political workers demand of handing over the cash.
The video clip shows the husbands of BJP candidates manhandling the Sena activist by alleging that he was distributing money to woo voters. They have been identified as Kishore Patil, husband of Sena candidate Meenakshi Patil contesting from Panel ward number 11A and Sandeep Mhatre, husband of candidate Sangita Mhatre contesting for Panel ward number 11BAtul Kulkarni, Belapur assembly chief of Shiv Sena (UBT) said, “The video clip showed by our alliance MNS at the press conference was probably 2-3 days old. It is learnt that the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) faction activist was caught by BJP workers, who should lodge a police complaint.”Umesh Gavali, senior inspector of Koparkhairane, said, “The incident took place on Jan 9 in the evening. Regarding cash distribution to voters during model code of conduct, the complaint needs to be lodged with the concerned returning officer, who in turn should lodge a police complaint. However, we have not received any police complaint.”
