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Fadnavis vacates Varsha bungalow, hunt begins for new house

As the leader of BJP, Fadnavis, elected from the Nagpur South West seat, is likely to become the Leader of Opposition in the new assembly

Mumbai: On Thursday Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has started vacating the official CM residence in South Mumbai.

A police official said a vehicle of a professional packers and movers company arrived at ‘Varsha’, the official CM bungalow in the upscale Malabar Hill area, in the afternoon to shift his belongings. On Tuesday Fadnavis had resigned from the CM’s post.

According to sources, Fadnavis, who hails from Nagpur, has started hunting for a new house in Mumbai as he and his family members will continue to reside in the metropolis.

His wife Amruta Fadnavis works at a senior position in Axis Bank and their daughter also studies here. They had shifted to Mumbai after Fadnavis became Chief Minister in October 2014.

As the leader of BJP, Fadnavis, elected from the Nagpur South West seat, is likely to become the Leader of Opposition in the new assembly.

ShivSena president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday evening took oath as the new chief minister of Maharashtra. Thackeray’s family residence ‘Matoshree’ is located in suburban Bandra.

After dramatic political developments following the swearing-in ceremony, in which the BJP had formed the government on November 23 morning after Ajit Pawar broke ranks with the NCP and aligned with the BJP. Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar took oath as CM and deputy CM.

However, the four-day-old government collapsed on Tuesday after Ajit Pawar resigned citing “personal reasons” and Fadnavis followed suit.

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