Poll official not satisfied with Govinda`s clarification

Mumbai, March 16: A senior election official who had sought explanation from actor-politician Govinda, member of Lok Sabha from Mumbai North seat, over his alleged distribution of currency notes to some people on Holi, today said he was not satisfied with the MP`s explanation."We had sought an explanation from Govinda over the alleged incident. He has filed his reply but we are not satisfied with it," Mumbai sub-urban district collector and district election officer Vishwas Patil said.

"I have asked election officers to probe the matter once more and submit a report to the poll panel," he told reporters. The actor said the people whom he gave the money belonged to the lower strata of society. "This is not a political issue...the occasion was not a political rally," he told reporters today. "You can see (from the visuals) that the people I gave money moved it auspiciously over me," he said . "The house where the incident took place does not fall under my Lok Sabha constituency," he added. On March 12, election authorities had announced an inquiry into the allegations that the actor allegedly distributed currency notes to people outside his residence here during Holi celebrations. Bureau Report