Mumbai: In yet another rude shock to senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse who was ousted from the cabinet following charges of corruption and misuse of position, the state government has decided to overturn yet another of his decision.The Maharashtra government has decided to shift a branch of a prestigious centrally funded agricultural institute called the Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute (FMTTI) from Muktainagar in Jalgaon, which is Khadse’s assembly constituency, to Akola.In 2015, the central government had asked the state if they wanted to set up such an institute in Maharashtra.When Khadse was in charge of the agriculture department had pushed for setting up the institute at his home district. Khadse had made nearly 100 acres of land available for the project. FMTTI is a premier institute under the Union agriculture ministry. The facility trains and educates students in research of modern farming methods and in agro-engineering sections with an aim to increase the farm yield and equips farmers with better technology. “This decision has been taken due to political changes after Khadse’s resignation. The official reason for shifting the project is that the land, which was made available, was unviable for the project,” said a source in Mantralaya.A central team had visited Akola on September 20 and the government showed them five sites, of which they have approved two, one of which will be finalized soon. More than 35 hectares of land belonging to the Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University will be given for this project.“After the land in Jalgaon was rejected by the authorities, saying that the terrain was uneven, we had to show them some other options. Since the central government threatened to move the project to some other state we had to look for options fast,” said a source.This institute requires a large tract of land. Besides imparting training, there will also be farms inside the institute where scientists will test new technology.