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Eknath Khadse
Eknath Ganpatrao Khadse (born 2 September 1952) is a politician and a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra state. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Muktainagar constituency for six consecutive terms till 2019. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 1987 until his resignation in October 2020. He is a member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra.
Khadse lost his first election when he contested the Gram panchayat elections in Kothadi village. Later he became sarpanch of Kothadi village in 1984, remaining sarpanch until 1987. In 1989, he was elected as member of the Maharashtra legislative assembly (MLA) for the Muktainagar constituency.
Khadse entered in active politics as a BJP worker in the 1980s and helped the party BJP establish its base in North Maharashtra. In 1990's Khadse led karsevaks during Ram Janmabhoomi movement. He was arrested at Jhansi by Uttarpradesh police and was jailed for a month.
Hailing from the influential Leva Gurjar community in North Maharashtra, Khadse quickly positioned himself as an OBC leader.
In 1995, Khadse became a minister in Chief Minister Manohar Joshi's state cabinet. He was close to then-deputy CM and BJP leader Gopinath Munde and handled finance and irrigation portfolios between 1995 and 1999. After Joshi's resignation as the chief minister, he took an oath as minister when Narayan Rane became Chief minister.
On 13 December 2005, Eknath Khadse was suspended for six months from Maharashtra state assembly's lower house due to making derogatory remarks against the then-speaker Babasaheb Kupekar and Deputy speaker Pramod Shende in their chambers.
Khadse served as the leader of the opposition from November 2009 to October 2014. His successful tenure as the opposition leader led BJP to the victory in later 2014 election.
He announced breakup of long-held Shivsena-BJP alliance before 2014 assembly election and BJP decided to contest that election alone without Shiv Sena. He assured Narendra Modi that BJP can win this election on their own. After the strong showing in 2014 elections, Khadse was seen as the strong conteder for the role of Chief minister of Maharashtra, but Devendra Fadnavis was ultimately chosen for the post. Khadse held more than dozen portfolios during the first two years including ministries of excise, revenue, and agriculture.
Eknath Khadse
Eknath Ganpatrao Khadse (born 2 September 1952) is a politician and a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra state. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Muktainagar constituency for six consecutive terms till 2019. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 1987 until his resignation in October 2020. He is a member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra.
Khadse lost his first election when he contested the Gram panchayat elections in Kothadi village. Later he became sarpanch of Kothadi village in 1984, remaining sarpanch until 1987. In 1989, he was elected as member of the Maharashtra legislative assembly (MLA) for the Muktainagar constituency.
Khadse entered in active politics as a BJP worker in the 1980s and helped the party BJP establish its base in North Maharashtra. In 1990's Khadse led karsevaks during Ram Janmabhoomi movement. He was arrested at Jhansi by Uttarpradesh police and was jailed for a month.
Hailing from the influential Leva Gurjar community in North Maharashtra, Khadse quickly positioned himself as an OBC leader.
In 1995, Khadse became a minister in Chief Minister Manohar Joshi's state cabinet. He was close to then-deputy CM and BJP leader Gopinath Munde and handled finance and irrigation portfolios between 1995 and 1999. After Joshi's resignation as the chief minister, he took an oath as minister when Narayan Rane became Chief minister.
On 13 December 2005, Eknath Khadse was suspended for six months from Maharashtra state assembly's lower house due to making derogatory remarks against the then-speaker Babasaheb Kupekar and Deputy speaker Pramod Shende in their chambers.
Khadse served as the leader of the opposition from November 2009 to October 2014. His successful tenure as the opposition leader led BJP to the victory in later 2014 election.
He announced breakup of long-held Shivsena-BJP alliance before 2014 assembly election and BJP decided to contest that election alone without Shiv Sena. He assured Narendra Modi that BJP can win this election on their own. After the strong showing in 2014 elections, Khadse was seen as the strong conteder for the role of Chief minister of Maharashtra, but Devendra Fadnavis was ultimately chosen for the post. Khadse held more than dozen portfolios during the first two years including ministries of excise, revenue, and agriculture.
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