Mumbai: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis welcomed Jishnu Dev Varma in Mumbai on Monday, March 9. Apart from CM Fadnavis, Varma was also received by Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde, Deputy CM Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar at the Mumbai airport. His arrival in the city comes as Varma will formally take oath as the Governor of Maharashtra at the Lok Bhavan tomorrow, March 10.
Hi swearing comes as the term of Acharya Devvrat ends. Devrat who was the Governor of Gujarat, had sworn in as Maharashtra’s Governor in September 2025. Jishnu Dev Varma was appointed as the new Governor of Maharashtra, following President Droupadi Murmu's major administrative reshuffle of Governors and Lieutenant Governors across the country. CM Fadnavis welcomed Varma and his wife, Sudha Dev Varma, at the Mumbai airport in the afternoon today.
On Sunday, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy also met Varma prior to his departure to Mumbai and a farewell was also hosted on his honour.
"Cherished the wonderful tenure as Governor of Telanagana, a land of culture and technology. My gratitude to the people and the administration for thier cooperation, affection and respect for the constitutional post," Varma wrote on his official handle on social media.
All You Need To Know About Jishnu Varma
Dev Varma is a seasoned politician from Northeast India, and is widely recognised for his long political career and major role in the politics of Tripura. Belonging to the Tripura royal family, he is considered a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been associated with the party for several decades.
He was born on August 15, 1957, in Agartala in Tripura.
He had contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Tripura East constituency in 1996, 1998 and 1999.
He also held several influential positions in his early career, including serving as a Member of the North Eastern Council Advisory Committee from 1989 to 1993.
In 1993, he was the Convener of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Tripura Chapter and the Coordinator of the trust for the North-East region. In the same year, he joined the BJP and was subsequently elected as a National Council member from Tripura.
In Tripura, Varma held several important positions, including Deputy Chief Minister of the Government of Tripura and Minister for Finance, Panchayat, Rural Development, Power, Science & Technology, and Planning and Coordination
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