Lighting the fire amid the fuelling of the Maharashtra political spectrum, NCP (SP) leader Eknath Khadse has acknowledged that he had travelled to Delhi. The NCP (SP) leader, however, asserted that he was no longer interested in rejoining the BJP and would remain with Sharad Pawar till the end.

Khadse, a former BJP leader, is currently a member of the legislative council (MLC) from the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (SP). Recently, it was reported that BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde had called on former state minister Khadse at his residence, fueling speculation about the veteran leader's return to the saffron party, as per PTI.