Eknath Khadse

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Not keen to return to BJP; points fingers at Fadnavis: Eknath Khadse

The prospects of senior leader Eknath Khadse's return to the BJP appeared dim on Tuesday after he stated that he was never keen to join the party again, and also claimed that Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis could be stalling his re-induction. Speculation about the former BJP leader, currently with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, returning to the saffron party intensified after the BJP renominated his daughter-in-law Raksha Khadse as Lok Sabha candidate, and made her a Union Minister of State after she won. But there has been no announcement from the BJP yet on his reinduction despite Khadse expressing willingness earlier this year. Speaking to a regional news channel on Tuesday, Khadse said, "I was not keen on returning to the BJP fold, but senior leaders of the party insisted on it. When I met BJP president J P Nadda, he felicitated me with a scarf, and declared that I had become part of the BJP." Asked who could be coming in the way his joining the BJP, Khadse said

On Khadse's plan of returning to BJP, Mahajan calls him 'extinguished lamp'

Maharashtra BJP leader Girish Mahajan on Sunday termed his former colleague Eknath Khadse an "extinguished lamp". The comment comes amid Khadse's announcement that he would be going back to the BJP, which he had quit in 2020 before joining the undivided Nationalist Congress Party. Khadse chose to side with Sharad Pawar when the NCP split in July last year after Ajit Pawar and eight MLAs joined the Eknath Shinde government. "He is like an extinguished lamp. Even a gram panchayat is not in his hand. He used to control a bank, but the board of directors has also changed, and new board members do not listen to him. Why make his decision so important?" Mahajan told reporters. His wife and daughter have lost elections in the past, said Mahajan, who has been Khadse's arch-rival in Jalgaon district. Incidentally, Khadse, who was leader of opposition in the Assembly between 2009 and 2014, was a contender for the post of chief minister when the BJP won 120-odd seats in the 2014 Assembly ...

Fadnavis never opposed Eknath Khadse, claims BJP leader Bawankule

Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Sunday said state Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis never opposed veteran leader Eknath Khadse, who is set to return to the saffron party. More than three years after he ended his 40-year-old association with the BJP following differences with state leadership and crossed over to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (undivided), Khadse on Saturday said he will join his parent party next week in New Delhi. Khadse had to resign in 2016 as a minister of the erstwhile Devendra Fadnavis cabinet owing to a land deal case. Once one of the tallest leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra, Khadse was relegated to the political wilderness for almost five years before Sharad Pawar rehabilitated him in NCP (undivided) in 2020. Notably, Khadse had blamed Fadnavis and his confidant Girish Mahajan for harming his political career. Talking to mediapersons in Pune, Bawankule said, "There is a central as well as state committee of ou

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Ajit Pawar, rebel NCP leaders meet Sharad Pawar for second time in 24 hours

On Sunday, the Ajit Pawar camp had held an unscheduled meeting with Sharad Pawar at the YB Chavan Centre in Mumbai

Politics overshadows governance as Shinde govt completes year in office

Bitter non-stop wrangling with the Uddhav Thackeray-led outfit and intermittent exchanges between the ruling partners have stood out as the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra, steered by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, completes a year in office on Friday. The Sena and Shiv Sena (UBT) labelled each other gaddar (traitor) after Shinde's rebellion split their original party last year, while Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis publicly asserted he had exacted revenge on Thackeray for his betrayal. Though comfortably placed to form the government after the 2019 Assembly elections, the undivided Shiv Sena and BJP ended their decades-long ties over the CM's post. Thackeray then allied with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress to become the CM until Shinde toppled his cart. About 50 MLAs on his side, Shinde took oath on June 30, 2022, and Fadnavis, a former chief minister whose party BJP has 105 legislators in the 288-member Assembly, became his deputy in what was seen

Maharashtra crisis: Some powerful force backing Shinde, says NCP's Khadse

Newly elected NCP MLC Eknath Khadse said Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde's rebellion against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was due to some "powerful force" backing the dissidents

Money laundering case: HC grants Eknath Khadse interim protection

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted interim protection from arrest for one week to the NCP leader

Eknath Khadse: Where does he fit in the intricate Sena-NCP equation

What makes Khadse so important? At the heart of it, is caste

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Khadse's move to quit party shocking, bitter truth: Maha BJP leaders

Some BJP leaders in Maharashtra on Wednesday expressed shock and disappointment over former minister Eknath Khadse's decision to quit the party. Earlier in the day, state minister Jayant Patil said that Khadse will join the ruling NCP on Friday. Talking about Khadse's move, BJP's state unit chief Chandrakant Patil said, "We were hopeful that Khadse would stay with the party, until I received his resignation today." "We were optimistic about finding a solution through dialogue and move ahead irrespective of his disappointment with some leaders...I wish him good luck for his future journey," he said. "It is a bitter truth for us that he has left the BJP," Patil added. "There was no need for him to step down from BJP's primary membership. He had worked for several years for the BJP and worked for various communities in the state," he said. Senior leader and BJP's former state unit chief Sudhir Mungantiwar said the party needs to think about why Khadse decided to ...

BJP leader Eknath Khadse to join NCP: Maharashtra minister Jayant Patil

"He (Khadse) will join NCP at 2 pm on Friday...this will strengthen the NCP," Patil told reporters here.

Maharashtra battle: In MLC nomination race, BJP ignores loyalty points

The tickets were divvied up among younger persons and newcomers

Cracks surface in BJP as peeved Khadse hints he may explore other options

Says he had submitted 'evidence' to the party leadership of anti-party activities which led to his daughter's defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly polls

BJP's Khadse warns party against inducting anybody accused of corruption

The former Maharashtra minister said the BJP was known as "a party with difference", and this image must not get hurt

Devendra Fadnavis govt shielding Eknath Khadse: NCP

Khadse was accused of alleged irregularity in buying a Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation plot at Bhosari in Pune

If I open my mouth, the country will shake: Eknath Khadse

He also said that he was responsible for the BJP heading the saffron alliance in the state

Questions on Mr Khadse

Securing his resignation is good, but not enough

Lokayukta gives clean chit to Eknath Khadse in 'PA' bribery case

ACB arrested Gajanan Patil from outside 'Mantralaya' gate last month for allegedly demanding a Rs 30-crore bribe