Eknath 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

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

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

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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 ...

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

The tickets were divvied up among younger persons and newcomers

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

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

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

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

Securing his resignation is good, but not enough

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

Khadse recently drew flak for alleged irregularity in buying an MIDC plot at Bhosari in Pune, subsequently resigning from the state cabinet

Khadse had resigned a few days ago over a land deal in Pune

Khadse resigned from the Maharashtra Cabinet after a host of allegations against him, including irregularities in a land deal

'Provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act should be also be applied as Khadse misused his official powers,' said Congress

Senior BJP leader Khadse recently resigned from the Maharashtra cabinet after a string of allegations, including irregularities in a land deal

Hearing will be based on PIL filed by hacker who had alleged the link between the duo

Kejriwal defended Hardik Patel saying that all he had done was raise his voice for his own people, not against the nation