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A man posed as BJP chief JP Nadda's personal assistant and demanded money from party MLAs in Maharashtra for a cabinet berth in the Eknath Shinde-led government..
He contacted four BJP MLAs - Vikas Kumbhare, Tekchand Savarkar, Tanaji Mutkule and Narayan Kuche - and offered them cabinet posts in the Maharashtra government and demanded lakhs of rupees while pretending as JP Nadda's PA, the police said..
The fraud came to light after BJP MLA Vikas Kumbhare filed a police complaint against Neeraj Rathod, who contacted him at least four times and offered him the post of urban development minister in the Maharashtra cabinet, the police said.. Vinod Patil, a senior police officer, told India Today, "We received a written complaint by the PA of MLA Vikas Kumbhare stating that Neeraj Singh Rathod called the MLA 5-6 times, requesting funds for organising a big event in Gujarat."..
