NCP factions lock horns over viral Bitcoin audio clip; fake, says Supriya Sule | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: A major political controversy has erupted on Maharashtra’s election day over allegations of Bitcoin scam money being used for election financing by NCP leader Supriya Sule and Congress leader Nana Patole.
The BJP on Tuesday released an audio recording, leveling serious allegations against Supriya Sule and Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole.
While Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar claimed that it was her “sister’s” voice in the audio clip shared by BJP, Supriya Sule categorically rejected these allegations.

What are the allegations against Supriya Sule?

On the eve of Maharashtra electionsFormer Pune IPS officer Ravindranath Patil accused Baramati MP Supriya Sule and Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole of misappropriating bitcoins from 2018. case of cryptocurrency fraud to finance the elections. Patil alleged that Amitabh Gupta, then Pune Police Commissioner, and Bhagyashri Nautake, then Deputy Commissioner of Police, were also involved in this alleged misappropriation of bitcoin, which ultimately benefited Sule and Patole.

‘Voice memos and messages fake’: Sule rejects all allegations

After casting her vote in Baramati, Sule firmly denied the claims of bitcoin misappropriation and dismissed the circulating audio clips as fake.
“Yesterday all these voice recordings were sent to me by the media. The first thing I did was to call the Pune commissioner and tell him that fake videos were running and I wanted to file a cybercrime complaint,” said Sule.
“I immediately complained to the cyber crime department that all these voice messages and messages were lies and fake, so I sent a notice to the cyber crime department,” she added.

When asked about her brother Ajit Pawar’s comments on the audio clip, she replied, “He is Ajit Pawar, he can say anything. ‘Ram Krishna Hari.'”
Besides the cybercrime complaint, Sule has filed a defamation complaint against BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi. “I am ready to answer Sudhanshu Trivedi whenever he wants, in whatever city he wants, on whatever channel he wants, at whatever time he wants, wherever he calls me, I will come and answer him,” said them.
Sule further stated: “Known tactics of spreading false information are being used to manipulate the righteous voters a night before election day. We have filed a criminal complaint with the Hon’ble ECI & Cyber ​​Crime Branch against the false allegations of misappropriation of bitcoin.”

I don’t even understand Bitcoin, says Nana Patole

Meanwhile, Patole, who denied any involvement in the alleged case, said, “The IPS officer appointed by BJP, Ravindra Patil, is not even an IPS officer. BJP has become a party of lies. They do all this on the eve of the elections. There is no voice in the audio. I’m a farmer, I don’t even understand Bitcoin. We have served a legal notice and filed an FIR. We will also file a defamation case against them Trivedi or Ravindra Patil. Everything will become clear soon. BJP is just lying. We will fight them legally. I have nothing to do with this. We will file defamation. Our government will be formed in Maharashtra will make a proper inquiry into this.”

Sharad Pawar defends Sule and criticizes BJP over ‘bitcoin scam’ allegations

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SCP) chief Sharad Pawar defended Supriya Sule and said, “The person who made the allegations was in jail for several months, and he took that person along and made false allegations – only BJP can do this.”

“Her own brother says this is her vote,” says Sambit Patra of BJP

BJP MP and national spokesperson Sambit Patra, at a press conference, criticized Supriya Sule’s denial of the allegations, pointing to her brother Ajit Pawar’s acknowledgment of her voice in the recordings. “Today Supriya Sule says this is AI generated, this is not my voice, while her own brother says this is her voice,” Patra noted.

Elaborating on the allegations, Patra claimed, “There are four such audios of Supriya Sule… you can also see Nana Patole giving instructions to Amitabh Gupta, the Commissioner. In the chat that took place on the Signal app, apart from Supriya Sule and Nana Patole, there are some other big players in this land of plunder and corruption then they are Sonia ji and Rahul ji,” he said urged Rahul Gandhi to clarify whether he Patole directed. Patra added that the alleged transaction involving Rs 235 crore from Dubai warrants an investigation into its authenticity.