Senior Nationalist Congress Social gathering (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Eknath Khadse on March 15 clarified neither he, nor his daughter, can be contesting the Raver Lok Sabha seat in north Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district within the coming common election.
Mr. Khadse, at the moment an MLC, was being touted as a attainable candidate for the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition for the Raver seat in Jalgaon.
Earlier this week, the BJP, in its second record of candidates, introduced its incumbent, two-term MP Raksha Khadse for the Raver seat. Raksha is Mr. Khadse’s daughter-in-law.
Quickly after the BJP record, Mr. Khadse, alongside together with his daughter Rohini Khadse, met with their get together chief Sharad Pawar.
“Neither me nor Rohini will be contesting from the Raver Lok Sabha seat. I will not be contesting owing to health reasons. However, there are six-seven aspirants for this seat, which belongs to the NCP (SP’s) kitty in the opposition MVA alliance,” Mr. Khadse mentioned.
Mr. Khadse’ refusal to contest ended hypothesis of a father-in-law vs daughter-in-law contest for the Raver seat.
On the identical time, Mr. Khadse mentioned that the competition for Raver can be a keenly fought one, whereas expressing confidence that the MVA’s candidate would win.
As soon as a stalwart BJP chief who was near the late Gopinath Munde, Mr. Khadse was within the reckoning for the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s publish following the BJP’s win within the 2014 Meeting election. Nevertheless, he was edged out in favour of Devendra Fadnavis.
Land case
Mr. Khadse’s identify had figured prominently in a case involving the acquisition of a primary plot of land in Pune’s Bhosari space at throwaway costs.
Mr. Khadse was alleged to have acquired the plot of land by illicit means by abusing his place as Income Minister within the erstwhile Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP authorities (2014-19). The incident had triggered Mr. Khadse’s fall from grace throughout the BJP in addition to prompting his resignation from the Fadnavis-led Cupboard in 2016.
After being denied a ticket within the 2019 Meeting polls and following the defeat of his daughter Rohini Khadse, Mr. Khadse has been vocal about his disenchantment with the BJP
He lastly joined the NCP in 2020, remaining by Mr. Sharad Pawar’s facet following the break up within the get together final yr.