TIA NEWS /
Ending a week long speculation, Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse today resigned from his ministerial portfolios. He is embroiled in multiple controversies. He is mired in controversies with a questionable land deal in Pune and an alleged demand for bribe by his close aide Gajanan Patil for a land allotment case in Kalyan.
Apart from these doubtful real estate transactions, his mobile phone number allegedly appeared in the call records of most wanted gangster Dawood Ibrahim.
Khadse, who is the senior most minister in the Maharshtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ cabinet and commands enormous clout.
Speculations over Khadse’s fate reached a crescendo on Thursday after Fadnavis submitted a detailed report to BJP chief Amit Shah and also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi late in the evening.
Despite mounting pressure from the central leadership and BJP ideologue RSS, it was widely believed that Khadse would be a tough nut to crack as the initial signals indicated.