Varma landed at Mumbai airport along with his wife Sudha Dev Varma. The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled to be held at Lok Bhavan in south Mumbai on March 10

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on February 28 and March 1, with a packed itinerary including the inauguration of AIIMS Madurai, launch of multiple railway projects under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, new train service flagoffs, a government function in Puducherry, temple darshan at Tirupparankundram