BJP acting out of fear of defeat: Nana Patole on Bitcoin scam allegations

Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole speaking to ANI on Wednesday expressed confidence in winning the Maharashtra Assembly electionsHe stated that public anger against the BJPled administration and its alliance was evidentIn Maharashtra people are angry with the BJP and its alliance This anger has been reflected in their votes The vote percentage has increased he saidAddressing allegations of involvement in a Bitcoin scam Patole remarked that the BJPs actions had not only failed to intimidate but had also generated sympathy for his partyThe people are laughing at this move by the BJP We have gained public sympathy The people of Maharashtra know my character Regarding the audio shared by BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi people believe the BJP is acting out of fear of defeat We filed an FIR last night he saidEarlier on Tuesday Bharartiya Janata Party BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi held a press conference accusing Congress leader Nana Patole and NCP MP Supriya Sule of conspiring to use illegal Bitcoin transactions to influence the election results in favour of the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVATrivedi also presented an alleged audio clip linked to these transactions claiming it involved big namesAn accused dealer contacts a former police officer previously jailed stating his intention to conduct Bitcoin transactions in cash The officer refuses but the dealer tries to convince him claiming that a few big people are involved allegedly naming Nana Patole and Supriya Sule When the officer expresses doubt the dealer sends him audio clips Trivedi saidHe continued According to the dealer the audio clips mention a need for money for elections We now have five questions for the Congress Party First are you involved in Bitcoin transactions Second are you in contact with individuals named Gaurav Gupta or Mehta Third are the chats in question those of your leaders Fourth is the audio in the clips authentic Fifth who are the big people mentionedAdditionally retired IPS officer Ravindranath Patil from Pune accused Supriya Sule and Nana Patole of involvement in a cryptocurrency fraud case dating back to 2018 He alleged that funds from this fraud were used to finance election campaignsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever