"I moved  a proposal to the BJP high-command to make Eknath Shinde the chief minister and keep me out,” Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said at the Press Club in his hometown Nagpur on Tuesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader, who was welcomed by his party workers amid fanfare, said, “We could have demanded the CM’s post. Actually, I made a proposal to make Shinde the CM to my party seniors and they agreed. It was also decided that I will not be in the government.”

Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis greeted by BJP leaders upon his arrival at the Nagpur airport on Tuesday. Pics/ANI