Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Eknath Khadse will join the Nationalist Congress Party on Friday, Maharashtra minister and state NCP chief Jayant Patil said on Wednesday.
IMAGE: Former BJP leader Eknath Khadse with Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI Photo
"He (Khadse) will join NCP at 2 pm on Friday...this will strengthen the NCP," Patil told reporters in Mumbai.
Khadse has been sulking since he was made to resign as a minister in the then BJP government in 2016 on allegations of corruption.
There were speculations in the last few days that he may quit the BJP and join the Sharad Pawar-led party.