BJP MLA accuses ally Shiv Sena's legislator of trying to influence voters with money power

A Maharashtra BJP MLA has accused a legislator of state Shiv Sena of trying to power voters with wealth powerfulness and different inducements up of the December 2 elections to the Hingoli Municipal Council.

Tanaji Mutkule, the BJP MLA from the Hingoli Assembly spot successful cardinal Maharashtra, made the accusation against Shiv Sena legislator Santosh Bangar connected Thursday (November 27, 2025), hours aft alleging that the second accepted wealth to displacement allegiance from the Uddhav Thackeray campy to the Eknath Shinde-led faction erstwhile the determination enactment divided successful 2022.

Legislator Santosh Bangar is the Sena MLA from Kalamnuri successful Hingoli district.

The BJP and Shiv Sena led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, some allies successful the ruling Mahayuti coalition, person locked horns successful the Hingoli Municipal Council elections.

Speaking astatine a canvass rally successful Hingoli successful the beingness of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis connected Thursday (November 27), MLA Tanaji Mutkule fired a caller salvo astatine Legislator Santosh Bangar, alleging the second was trying to power voters with wealth power.

“Here Shinde Sena’s MLA (Bangar), has fixed candidature (for the station of Municipal Council head) to his brother. He is trying to entice radical with the assistance of wealth power. He is present counting ₹5,000 (per vote). He has besides promised to administer mutton and chickenhearted successful definite areas," BJP MLA Tanaji Mutkule alleged.

Hingoli enjoys the Chief Minister's blessings and has seen improvement implicit the years, said MLA Mutkule.

"Soon I became an MLA successful 2014, helium (CM Fadnavis) gave funds for roads, drainage, beautification of a lake. Roads constructed since 2014 are successful bully information adjacent today," helium maintained.

Earlier connected Thursday (November 27), Mutkule alleged that Legislator Bangar accepted ₹50 crore to power loyalty from the Thackeray campy to the Shinde faction successful 2022 erstwhile the Shiv Sena suffered a split.

Legislator Santosh Bangar instantly deed backmost astatine BJP MLA Tanaji Mutkule, accusing him of indulging successful "misdeeds".

Elections to 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats are scheduled to beryllium held connected December 2, and the votes volition beryllium counted connected December 3.