Nobody is against Khadse’s plan to return to BJP, says Bawankule

Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday said nobody from the party's state unit was against former minister Eknath Khadse's plan to return to the party.

Khadse, who is currently with the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), announced in the first week of April that he would return to the BJP fold in a fortnight.

Khadse quit the BJP in 2016, ending his almost fourdecade-long association with the party. He had first resigned as a minister following allegations of irregularities in MIDC Bhosari land case. In 2020, he joined the undivided NCP after alleging

There is no objection at the state level to Eknath Khadse's return to the BJP. The party's central committee in Delhi will decide the date for Khadse's return to the BJP fold - Chandrashekhar Bawankule,

Maharashtra BJP chief

that Devendra Fadnavis was trying to finish off his political career.

When asked about Khadse's announcement, Bawankule said, "There is no objection at the state level to Khadse's return to the BJP. The party's central committee in Delhi will decide the date for Khadse's return to the BJP fold.”

BJP leader and former minister Girish Mahajan, said, "Khadse only talks to BJP leaders in Delhi. I am a very small person before him. How can I even comment or decide on whether he will join the party or not." Earlier this month, Mahajan said that Khadse hardly wields any political influence. The BJP has renominated sitting MP Raksha Khadse, the daughter-inlaw of Eknath Khadse, from Raver LS seat.

Speaking to reporters from Jalgaon district, Eknath Khadse said, "I wish Raksha wins the seat. However, I have not yet joined the BJP. Therefore, there is no question of accompanying her to file the nomination form."