Mumbai, Jan. 23 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday claimed that money was distributed to voters ahead of the BMC elections.

Addressing a gathering on the occasion of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray's birth centenary, he said that for the first time, money was used in Mumbai. and in this regard he received complaints from many places. "When the door was closed, they threw envelopes through the gap under the door, envelopes stuffed with cash," he alleged in a thinly veiled attack on the victorious Mahayuti alliance.

"Are you selling Maharashtra? You can buy votes, but how will you buy hearts? And those living hearts are still with my saffron, with Shiv Sena of the Shiv Sena chief, you've shown that...