Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, has announced that the central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will decide whether to re-induct NCP (SP) leader Eknath Khadse into the party following the ongoing Ganesh festival. Speaking to reporters at Nagpur International Airport, Fadnavis stated that the BJP would consult with its leadership on the topic and that any conclusion reached would be respected reported PTI. 

According to the news agency report, speculation regarding Khadse's comeback to the BJP increased after the party renominated his daughter-in-law, Raksha Khadse, as a Lok Sabha candidate and appointed her as a Union Minister of State after her election success. Despite Khadse's prior expressed eagerness to rejoin the party, no official announcement on his reinduction has been issued.