Vinod Tawde

Bharatiya Janata Party

Vinod Tawde biography

Vinod Tawde is a national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a veteran leader from Maharashtra. According to his LinkedIn profile, Tawde is "an engineer by qualification" and has studied from the Savitribai Phule Pune University. He was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2014-19, representing the Borivali constituency. He was also sworn in as the Minister of School Education, Higher & Technical Education, Marathi Language, Cultural Affairs & Sports. Tawde has also been a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. On November 19, 2024, Tawde was caught up in a controversy when he was gheraoed by Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) workers at a hotel in Virar near Mumbai. The party workers alleged that he had come to distribute cash among voters ahead of polling in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, which was scheduled for the next day. Rs 9.93 lakh were recovered from his hotel rooms, according to the Election Commission, and the police also registered an FIR in the matter.

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‘Sharad Pawar gave his chopper to Dawood aides when he was CM’, alleges BJP’s Vinod Tawde after ‘tadipaar’ remark on Amit Shah

January 15, 2025 4:29 pm

BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde was replying to NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s comment on Amit Shah’s externment from Gujarat in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case.

BJP leader Vinod Tawde sends legal notice to Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge: ‘Apologise unconditionally’

November 22, 2024 5:28 pm

The legal notice warned that a criminal case and civil proceedings worth Rs 100 crore would be initiated against the Congress leaders if they failed to apologise for accusing Vinod Tawde of distributing cash for votes.

Maharashtra: Elections today, BJP gen secy Tawde booked after cash found in hotel room

November 20, 2024 9:41 am

While BVA president Hitendra Thakur, who is seeking re-election from Vasai-Virar seat, claimed that the BJP leader was caught red-handed with cash, Tawde denied the allegation and demanded a fair inquiry by the Election Commission.

Tawde ‘caught’ with cash: AAP, Congress say BJP has sunk too low in desperate bid to win

November 20, 2024 12:22 am

State Congress spokesperson Gopal Tiwari said, “The blatant and brazen way in which Tawde was caught distributing cash reveals that the BJP is afraid of losing the Maharashtra elections."

BJP's Vinod Tawde, party candidate from Nalasopara gave cash, liquor to voters: FIR by EC flying squad

November 20, 2024 12:50 am

Rs 9.86 lakh cash, four liquor bottles, 500 envelopes and party candidate Rajan Naik's promotional material were seized from three hotel rooms in Virar (East).

Among the top three leaders in BJP president J P Nadda’s team, who works in close coordination with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Vinod Tawde is seen as the most powerful Maharashtra leader in Delhi. (PTI)

Caught in Maharashtra ‘cash row’, who is Vinod Tawde?

November 21, 2024 8:04 am

Sidelined from Maharashtra politics after being denied a ticket in 2019, the 61-year-old made a place for himself as BJP national gen secy, scoring several poll successes. What happens now?

‘What was he doing in a hotel with Rs 5 cr?’: Congress seeks EC action on allegations against BJP’s Vinod Tawde

November 19, 2024 7:36 pm

An Election Commission official says Rs 9.93 lakh has been recovered from Vinod Tawde’s hotel rooms; the police have registered an FIR in the matter.

BJP’s Vinod Tawde in ‘cash row’, the winnings may go to the Thakurs of Virar

November 20, 2024 1:44 am

Supporters of the family, which is no stranger to controversy itself, claimed to have caught Tawde distributing cash at a hotel in Virar East.

Day before Maharashtra voting, BJP's Vinod Tawde accused of distributing cash; EC says nearly Rs 10 lakh found in hotel room; FIR filed

November 20, 2024 9:38 am

Both Vinod Tawde and Bahujan Vikas Aghadi MLA Hitendra Thakur, who alleged the BJP leader was caught with cash at the hotel, call for an inquiry by the Election Commission.

BJP leader Vinod Tawde: ‘OBCs in Maharashtra worried about Rahul Gandhi’s caste census pitch … They feel some of them will lose reservation’

November 18, 2024 1:00 am

“MVA will see vote division AIMIM, VBA, SP, Independents… We only have minor threat from Raj Thackeray’s MNS,” says BJP national general secretary who is from Maharashtra