‘One of them is my sister’: Ajit Pawar responds to BJP’s bitcoin scam charge against Supriya Sule | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday reacted to the audio clips released by the BJP and attributed them to Supriya Sule, accusing her of resorting to illegal ‘bitcoin activities’ to fuel the poll campaign of Maharashtra to finance. Pawar confirmed that it was his sister’s voice, as he “could tell from their tone.”
Sule replied to this and said, “He is Ajit Pawar, he can say anything.”
“Whatever audio clip is shown, I just know that I have worked with both of them. One is my sister and the other is someone I have worked with a lot. The audio clip has their voices, I can figure it out because of their tone” , he told reporters after casting his vote from Baramati constituency.
“An investigation 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’s (SP) Supriya Sule, of being involved in “illegal bitcoin activities“to finance their poll campaign.
In one of the clips, BJP claimed that Supriya Sule told Gaurav Mehta, the employee of accounting firm Sarathi Associates, “I need cash in exchange for bitcoins… You don’t have to worry about questions… We will deal with it when we come.”
This came after Ravindranath Patil, a former IPS officer involved in a 2018 cryptocurrency fraud case, alleged that Sule and Patole used bitcoins from the scam to fund the fraud. Maharashtra elections.

Meanwhile, Sule rejected all allegations and filed a complaint with the Election Commission and Cybercrime Cell of Maharashtra Police, naming former IPS officer Ravindranath Patil and Gaurav Mehta. She sought the filing of an FIR against them for spreading ‘fake and malicious information’ over allegations that she used bitcoins to fund the state elections.