Eknath Khadse, the revenue minister in the BJP-led government in Maharashtra, has submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after allegations of impropriety surfaced against him in a land deal in Pune. The resignation came minutes after Khadse met Fadnavis at the latter’s residence. Khadse’s troubles had aggravated over the last 15 days after Pune-based realtor Hemant Gavande made serious charges of land grabbing against him. Gavande alleged that Khadse had misused his position as the state revenue minister to illegally execute sales deeds for a three-acre industrial plot at Bhosari in Pune district in the name of his wife and son-in-law. Khadse has denied any wrong doing in the affair. Gavande, speaking to Mantralaya Times, said he will continue his crusade till he reaches the logical end. – “I had never asked for the resignation of Khadse. My fight is to see that justice is done in this case,” he said. At a press conference in Mumbai, Khadse said no one has been able to submit proof of any wrongdoing. “I have been in politics for 40 years now, and I have never seen such kind of a media trial,” he said.