Eknath Khadse's goodbye to BJP, what will Pankaja Munde do now? Eknath Khadse resigned from the BJP membership and walked out. only exception was when the BJP started slipping. The reason is simple.

Saturday, 24 Oct 2020 00:00 am

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Eknath Khadse resigned from the BJP membership and walked out. The only exception was when the BJP started slipping. The reason is simple.

Not only Khadse, but there are a lot of leaders in the BJP who are upset and feel that they have been treated unfairly. The first name that immediately came up in this discussion was Pankaja Munde. What will Pankaja Munde do now?

This question came to everyone's mind after Khadse's news and Pankaja Munde was also asked. Munde reacted cautiously when asked by reporters about Khadse and related issues during his heavy rain tour.

I avoided saying anything more. The Shiv Sena even invited Pankaja to join their party. Army leaders like Arjun Khotkar and Gulabrao Patil publicly invited Pankaj to join Shiv Sena. Of course he did not get any reaction from Pankaja and his supporters.

Pankaja Munde's discomfort is not hidden

The reason why the discussion about Pankaja started as soon as Khadse came out is because of his uneasiness and infiltration in the BJP. She continued to express dissatisfaction even when she was a minister in the Fadnavis government.

After his statement on 'I am the Chief Minister in the minds of the people', there was a discussion on how his importance was diminishing within the party and in the cabinet. He felt that he was being targeted when allegations of Chikki scam surfaced in the House. In a program on 'BBC Marathi', he had expressed his grief that 'all the poison that came out of the churning of the sea during this government came to me' .

But more than that, the time of examination came for him from the 2019 elections. He was defeated in his own Parli constituency. This was a defeat by Dhananjay Munde. Many Pankaja supporters expressed doubts about the defeat.

Many expected BJP to give them a chance in the Legislative Council. But he was rejected as a council candidate. It was said that those who were considered as Fadnavis' rivals in the party were shocked in the Assembly and Legislative Council elections. Eknath Khadse and Vinod Tawde did not get nominations for both the houses.

Pankaj's uneasiness could not be suppressed. An extended drama of his also took place in Maharashtra. It was said that she would leave the party now. He also held a large gathering of his supporters at Gopinathgad in Parli. It was then that they would make this decision.

But the BJP's state leadership succeeded in getting their understanding out. Pankaj announced that he would not leave the party. "This is my father's party. Why should I rebel?" He asked. In the same meeting, however, Eknath Khadse had fired a cannon at Fadnavis.

Now what will Pankaja Munde do after Khadse?

Although Pankaja Munde is not in the House, the party has recently given him a new organizational responsibility. He has recently been appointed as Union Secretary. Even though Pankaja Munde was interested in state politics and not at the Center, the party has certainly soothed his resentment by giving him this responsibility.

Gopinath Munde was a leader with a large base in the OBC community and the BJP benefited from it. After him, Pankaja and Khadse became the faces of the BJP. Now, after Khadse, Pankaja is an important face of the BJP. Will they leave the party in such a situation?