<p> Maharashtra government has issued a letter of intent to India's High Commissioner to the UK for acquiring the 2,050 sq ft three-storey house in London where Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar once lived, Education Minister Vinod Tawde said here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Tawde, who visited the house recently, said the state government will acquire it through the High Commissioner adding, the house is of cultural and national importance.<br /><br />Tawde had earlier spoken to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis following which the decision was taken to buy the house that was on the block for Rs 35 crores.<br /><br />Earlier this month, Mumbai unit BJP president Ashish Shelar had written to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley seeking Prime Minister's intervention to acquire the house.<br /><br />"This is an emotional issue for Ambedkar followers and the people of Maharashtra," he had said.<br />Former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan had also made a request to the Union government to buy the property.<br /><br />"Towards the end of my term, we had asked the Centre to buy this mansion. It's an international transaction and could have only been carried out by the Union government. I do not know what happened later," Chavan had said.</p>
<p> Maharashtra government has issued a letter of intent to India's High Commissioner to the UK for acquiring the 2,050 sq ft three-storey house in London where Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar once lived, Education Minister Vinod Tawde said here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Tawde, who visited the house recently, said the state government will acquire it through the High Commissioner adding, the house is of cultural and national importance.<br /><br />Tawde had earlier spoken to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis following which the decision was taken to buy the house that was on the block for Rs 35 crores.<br /><br />Earlier this month, Mumbai unit BJP president Ashish Shelar had written to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley seeking Prime Minister's intervention to acquire the house.<br /><br />"This is an emotional issue for Ambedkar followers and the people of Maharashtra," he had said.<br />Former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan had also made a request to the Union government to buy the property.<br /><br />"Towards the end of my term, we had asked the Centre to buy this mansion. It's an international transaction and could have only been carried out by the Union government. I do not know what happened later," Chavan had said.</p>