Senior Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) leader Eknath Khadse on Saturday resigned as the Maharashtra Revenue Minister amid allegations of involvement in irregularities in a land deal in Pune. He met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at his residence on Saturday morning. The BJP was upset over allegations against Khadse in the land deal.
He has also been accused of receiving calls from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's residence in Karachi on his mobile phone.
Fadnavis had on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah over the issue. He had submitted a report to Shah on the charges against Khadse.
Khadse, a senior BJP leader and considered "number two" in the Cabinet, is in a spot over the purchase of a three-acre Maharashtra Industrial Development Corp land in Pune allegedly at a low price of around Rs 3.75 crore from its original owner in the name of his wife and son-in-law. The market value of the land is reportedly Rs 40 crore.
Along with the Congress, and the Aam Aadmi Party, BJP-ally Shiv Sena had also been mounting pressure for Khadse's resignation.
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