Tawde reacts to cash-for-votes

Tawde urged the Election Commission to conduct an impartial probe into the matter

He said there was no question of him distributing money to voters, and claimed that he was only discussing election-related issues with the workers of his party

A day before the Maharashtra assembly elections, the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) accused Tawde of distributing the money to voters

Videos of the "cash distribution", many of them shot by BVA members who barged into the hall of the hotel in Virar town of Palghar went viral on social media

Tawde said his visit to the hotel was for a casual meeting with BJP candidate Rajan Naik contesting from the Nalasopara assembly constituency