Was offered money to defect to Shiv Sena: MNS corporator
20 Oct 2017 11:02 PM IST
Mumbai: The lone MNS corporator in the BMC who did not cross over to the Shiv Sena has alleged that he was "indirectly offered money" to switch sides and demanded a probe by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) into the recent defection by six MNS corporators.
However, Dilip Lande, who was among the six corporators who left the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), rejected the charge levelled by Sanjay Turde and said they were ready for probe.
He also threatened to sue Turde, who made the allegation in a letter written to the ACB on October 18, nearly a week after six of the seven corporators of the Raj Thackeray-led MNS joined the Shiv Sena.
Turde said one of the then MNS corporators approached him on October 12 and "indirectly offered money" to switch sides. He also claimed that they promised him that such a move would boost his political career.
"On the sidelines of a ward council meeting on October 12, Dilip Lande called me at around 1 pm and enquired whether I would want to join the Shiv Sena.
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