Overview
- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve posted three short clips on X, including a four-second video purporting to show MLA Mahendra Dalvi on a call and separate shots of a man beside stacks of cash.
- Dalvi rejected any link to the footage, called it doctored and AI-generated, said he was in Nagpur, and offered to resign if conclusive proof shows he is involved.
- Shinde-faction minister Sanjay Shirsat and other ruling-side leaders defended Dalvi, describing the clips as AI-assisted fabrications, while BJP leader Pravin Darekar urged verification.
- Opposition leaders demanded an investigation, and NCP (SP) legislator Shashikant Shinde raised the matter in the Legislative Council seeking the government’s stance.
- Danve said he would share material with police if approached and hinted at releasing additional footage, as the row drew comparisons to recent cash-related videos in state politics.