Obama's visit also gave him temporary relief from difficult times after being implicated in the Adarsh housing scam. He submitted his resignation to Congress President Sonia Gandhi after being called to Delhi to explain his position. The fate of Chavan will be decided after Nov. 12, when the All India Congress Committee meets.

Speaking to the media on Sunday evening, Chavan said that the US president was all praise for him and quoted Obama as saying that the chief minister was a great host, at the end of a business meeting.

Returning the compliment, I told Obama "President, we hope you will come to Mumbai again. We extend our support to your endeavor to strengthen Indo-US ties on business and social fronts. I reminded him about the growth in US investments in Indian mega projects. I also told him that two years ago as industry minister of Maharashtra, when I went to the US, we noticed there was a great interest shown for investments in India."

Like Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who broke protocol to receive Obama at the airport in New Delhi, Chavan too broke protocol in a different manner, when he requested Obama and his wife Michelle to pose with him for a photograph for his personal album.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal too interacted with Obama. Bhujbal presented the US president the English version of the book "Slavery" authored by social reformer Mahatma Jyotirao Phule in 1873. "The US president accepted the book and said that it was indeed a great gift for him. I requested him to keep the book in the White House library," Bhujbal said.