As supplementary demands over the annual budget were presented in the Maharashtra assembly's winter session at Nagpur on the first day of the proceedings, indicating that the state now has a debt of over Rs 9.35 lakh crores, what became the biggest talking point across all political parties on the second day of the session was the video tweeted by former leader of opposition of the legislative council Ambadas Danve of Shiv Sena (UBT), which allegedly showed a politician handling crores of rupees. Danve did not directly name anybody but only said that a ruling party MLA was handling this cash and some investigation should be undertaken into this matter. Just about a week ago in Konkan, Shiv Sena leader Nilesh Rane shot and exposed a video of a huge amount of cash being taken and given on the eve of the city council polls in Konkan's Sindhudurg district.

Some months ago, another video allegedly showing yet another Shiv Sena leader, Sanjay Shirsat, with a suitcase full of cash, had created ripples in Maharashtra's politics. All this leads to the question of whether cash is now the king of Maharashtra's politics.

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