Maharashtra Minister Eknath Khadse quits

 Beleaguered Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse on Saturday tendered his resignation. Mr. Khadse called on the Chief Minister this morning and handed over his resignation.

The resignation came after a phone call from Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to Mr Khadse, conveying that he should



obey the party diktat.

Earlier, speaking in Delhi, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he had submitted the facts to BJP president Amit Shah on the allegations against Mr. Khadse. Mr. Khadse has been accused by the Opposition of impropriety in the acquisition of a plot near Pune at a throwaway price.