NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday reacted to the audio clips released by the BJP attributing it to Supriya Sule accusing her resorting to illegal “bitcoin activities” to fund Maharashtra poll campaign. Pawar confirmed that it was his sister’s voice as he could “figure out from their tone.”
Sule retorted to this saying, “He is Ajit Pawar, he can say anything.”
“Whatever audio clip is being shown, I just know that I have worked with both of them. One of them is my sister and the other is someone with whom I have worked a lot. The audio clip has their voices, I can figure out from their tone,” he told the reporters after casting his vote from Baramati constituency.
“An inquiry will be done and everything will be clear,” he added.
BJP on Tuesday released audio clips accusing Maha Vikas Aghadi, including Congress’s Maharashtra president Nana Patole and NCP (SP)’s Supriya Sule of being involved in “illegal bitcoin activities” to fund their poll campaign.
In one of the clips, BJP claimed that Supriya Sule was telling Gaurav Mehta, the employee of audit firm Sarathi Associates: “Need cash in exchange of bitcoins…You need not to worry about inquiry… We will handle it when we come to power…”
This came after Ravindranath Patil, a former IPS officer implicated in a 2018 cryptocurrency fraud case, alleged that Sule and Patole had used bitcoins from the scam to fund the Maharashtra elections.
Meanwhile, Sule rejected all accusations and filed a complaint with the Election Commission and Maharashtra Police’s cybercrime cell, naming former IPS officer Ravindranath Patil and Gaurav Mehta. She requested the filing of an FIR against them for spreading “fake and mala fide information” regarding allegations that she used bitcoins to finance the state elections.
