In eye of cash-for-votes row, Vinod Tawde, groomed by Munde & Mahajan, no stranger to intra-party politics
What made the entire episode even more bizarre was that the three of them—Kshitij, Hitendra and Tawde—then left the hotel in the same car, making jokes about going out to eat together and sharing the pot.Hitendra Thakur later told reporters he took Tawde along on the suggestions of the police to safely get him out of the hotel, away from the angry crowd of workers from across parties.The Thakurs said they had got the tip-off about Tawde from members of the BJP itself.
All stakeholders—the Thakurs, members of the Opposition, even some members of the BJP and political commentators—were slightly baffled about why a seasoned politician like Tawde with four decades of experience would go to Nalasopara less than 24 hours before elections, with or without cash.What seemed to stun people less was ...