Amid talk that BJP Maharashtra unit chief Devendra Fadnavis could be party's chief ministerial choice, Nagpur-East MLA Krishna Khopde offered to quit and vacate his seat to pave way for his mentor Nitin Gadkari, after voices grew louder on bringing back the Union Minister to the state to don the mantle. Khopde, a second term MLA, told that he was willing to resign for Gadkari from his constituency.
Gadkari had said that he is ready to accept any responsibility given to him by the party's central leadership. About 39 BJP MLAs all from Vidarbha region had met Gadkari at his residence and demanded that he be made the state's Chief Minister. The senior BJP leader had told that the electronic media that the MLAs who met him 'have a lot of respect for him and they were requesting him to be the Chief Minister.
Senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar pitched for Gadkari as the Chief Minister. Mungantiwar, also a member of the state BJP core committee had said that state BJP leaders feel that Nitin Gadkariji should come back to the state politics and take up the position of the CM of Maharashtra. He has a lot of administrative experience behind him which makes him an ideal candidate.
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