26 March,2009 07:58 AM IST | | A correspondent
Mohammed Ali Shaikh (pictured), the BSP candidate for Mumbai South constituency, alleged that Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora had offered him Rs 50 crore to withdraw from the elections.
Addressing a press conference yesterday, Ali, who is contesting against Deora's son Milind, accused the senior Deora of carrying out a campaign against him.
"He has levelled several false allegations about my alleged connections with don Dawood Ibrahim. Rumours were also floated about my son Naved being given a Congress ticket (for the assembly elections)," said Ali.
Meanwhile, Congress's Milind Deora said, "Such an allegation does not deserve my response."
