Eknath Khadse

Eknath Khadse

Eknath Khadse is a politician and senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra state. He resigned on 3 June 2016 after allegations of impropriety surfaced against him in a land deal in Pune. His son, NikhilKhadse, committed suicide on 1 May 2013.

About Eknath Khadse in brief

Summary Eknath KhadseEknath Khadse is a politician and senior 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 resigned on 3 June 2016 after allegations of impropriety surfaced against him in a land deal in Pune.

He quit BJP in October 2020 and joined NCP. His daughter-in-law is an MP from Jalgaon, while his daughter Rohini Khewalkar was made director of the district cooperative bank and wife Mandakini became the director of Mahanand, the state milk cooperative federation. His son, NikhilKhadse, committed suicide on 1 May 2013.