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Maharashtra Minister Eknath Khadse resigns over scandal uproar

| | Jun 04, 2016, at 06:02 pm
Mumbai, June 4 (IBNS) Eknath Khadse, the senior most minister in the Maharashtra government, has resigned following twin scandals over an illicit land deal and his cellphone allegedly appearing in the call records of most-wanted gangster Dawood Ibrahim.

According to reports, Khadse's tendered his resignation after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi late on Thursday night. Before that Fadnavis submitted  a report to BJP chief Amit Shah on the controversy.

Reports said in keeping with the BJP's avowed "zero tolerance for corruption," action may be taken against Khadse after the  legislative council elections to be held in the state on June 10.

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