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NCP MLC Eknath Khadse claims he declined offer to join Ajit Pawar's faction
Updated On: 25 September, 2023 12:42 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Eknath Khadse, a former minister, had left the Bharatiya Janata Party on a sour note ending the nearly 40-year-old association in 2020. After joining NCP, he was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council
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NCP MLC Eknath Khadse. File Pic
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLC Eknath Khadse has claimed that he was contacted by a loyalist of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar asking him to join his faction but he declined the offer, reported news agency PTI.
"I had received a call from NCP MLC Amol Mitkari on behalf of Ajit Pawar asking me to side with his faction. I told him flatly that I was loyal to Sharad Pawar. I will not leave him," Eknath Khadse told reporters.
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