Former Maharashtra BJP leader Eknath Khadse joins NCP
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Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Mr. Khadse had blamed Mr. Fadnavis for “trying to destroy his life” and political profession.
Former Maharashtra BJP leader Eknath Khadse on Friday joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) within the presence of the social gathering’s chief Sharad Pawar.
Sulking since his unceremonious exit from the Devendra Fadnavis-led Ministry in 2016 over land seize allegations, Mr. Khadse (68) on Wednesday quit the BJP. The identical day, State NCP chief Jayant Patil introduced he can be becoming a member of the Pawar-led social gathering.
NCP is a part of the ruling alliance within the State together with Shiv Sena and Congress, whose Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities assumed workplace 11 months in the past. Mr. Khadse, former Maharashtra Revenue Minister and likewise an former Leader of Opposition in State Assembly, was inducted into the NCP on the social gathering’s head workplace in Mumbai.
The leader, who flew to Mumbai on Thursday from his native Jalgaon district in north Maharashtra, was in political wilderness over the last 4 years, although he give up the BJP solely two days in the past.
Mr. Khadse’s formal entry into NCP, scheduled at 2 p.m., was delayed by over an hour as Pawar was in a gathering with social gathering Minister Jitendra Awhad. Jayant Patil welcomed Mr. Khadse within the social gathering, by providing him a shawl.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Mr. Khadse had blamed Mr. Fadnavis for “trying to destroy his life” and political profession, over three many years of it spent in strengthening the BJP in Maharashtra.
Responding to the fees levelled by Mr. Khadse in opposition to him, Mr. Fadnavis (50) had stated his former BJP colleague was talking “half truth”, including Mr. Khadse had painted him a villain whereas making the allegations in opposition to him.
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