Eknath Khadse on Wednesday sent his resignation to BJP's Maharashtra president Chandrakant Patil. "I am resigning from the primary membership of BJP due to personal reasons," it reads.
Khadse blaming the then state CM Devendra Fadnavis said that, he instructed police to register FIR against me on false allegation of harassment by a woman. He said the case would be withdrawn later. Inquiries for corruption was initiated against me in which I came clean. I suffered a lot in BJP.
Some BJP leaders in Maharashtra on Wednesday expressed shock and disappointment over former minister Eknath Khadse's decision to quit the party.
Talking about Khadse's move, BJP's state unit chief Chandrakant Patil said, 'We were hopeful that Khadse would stay with the party, until I received his resignation today.' 'We were optimistic about finding a solution through dialogue and move ahead irrespective of his disappointment with some leaders...I wish him good luck for his future journey,' he said.
'It is a bitter truth for us that he has left the BJP,' Patil added.