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MUMBAI: Former minister Eknath Khadse set tongues wagging on Wednesday after he predicted midterm polls. "It is the party workers' responsibility to ensure that policies and schemes of the government reach the beneficiaries. I think we are lagging in implementing the schemes," said the veteran BJP leader . Addressing party workers in tribal Dhule district, he said they must be ready for elections to the Lok Sabha and state assembly at any moment.The BJP strongman from Jalgaon, wields considerable clout in north Maharashtra among legislators from the region. It was alleged that he misused his position as minister to secure the plot in the name of his wife and son-in-law.Subsequently, Fadnavis had appointed Justice D S Zoting, a former Bombay high court judge, to probe charges against Khadse..