Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Sunday said state Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis never opposed veteran leader Eknath Khadse, who is set to return to the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, reported the PTI.

More than three years after he ended his 40-year-old association with the BJP following differences with state leadership and crossed over to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (undivided), Eknath Khadse on Saturday said that he will join BJP next week in New Delhi, as per the PTI.