Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday claimed that Uddhav Thackeray had reached out to him and offered the chief minister's post after his rebellion plunged the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state in a crisis in 2022, reported the PTI.

CM Eknath Shinde also termed as correct the claim made by deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis that Uddhav Thackeray, then chief minister, had contacted the BJP leader too and offered the top post, as per the PTI.