Mumbai, April 8 -- In a development that would come as a big boost to the ruling party in north Maharashtra ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, senior NCP leader Eknath Khadse on Sunday formally confirmed that he would formally return to the ruling BJP in the next 15 days.
Talking to media persons, 71-year-old Khadse said: "I have already met BJP president J P Nadda and expressed my intention to join his party. I will join the BJP at a party function to be held in New Delhi in the next 15 days".
Confirming Khadse's impending return to his party, Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said in Pune: "In consultation with the state party, the BJP's central leadership will take a formal decision on Khadse's formal return to our party. C...