NEW DELHI: BJP leader Vinod Tawde has demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for making “false and baseless” allegations against him in the cash-for-votes incident in Maharashtra, saying if they don’t he would sue them for defamation.Tawde was accused by Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, a regional party, of distributing Rs 5 crore to woo voters, with its members barging into a hotel room on November 19 in a Mumbai suburb, where the BJP leader was present.The former Maharashtra minister and BJP national general secretary claimed innocence, saying the alleged amount was not recovered in the probe by the Election Commission and police.”The Congress only believes in spreading lies, and this incident is a proof of the party’s low level politics to dent me and my party’s image,” Tawde said.The two Congress leaders and the party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate seized on the row to accuse the BJP of using money power to influence the November 20 assembly polls in the state.The legal notice sent to the three claimed that they were aware that they were pushing a “totally false story fabricated” by them.”You all have deliberately, mischievously with the sole intention of damaging the reputation of our client intentionally fabricated the story distribution of money.
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