Buldhana, Nov. 30 -- Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Saturday accused the ruling Mahayuti coalition of disregarding democratic values after a minister allegedly urged voters to take anyone's money but vote for us, calling it an admission of vote-buying.

Sapkal said such statements underline the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance's "cash-for-votes" culture. "If ministers are openly making such statements, it only validates the Congress and Rahul Gandhi's repeated allegations of vote theft," he added.

Addressing reports of friction within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP), over seat-sharing in local body polls, Sapkal dismissed any notion of internal discontent. He sa...