PM Modi moves into Rajiv Gandhi's former residence 5, RCR

New Delhi: Five days after being sworn in as prime minister, Narendra Modi on Friday moved to the Prime Minister’s official residence at 5 Race Course Road. [caption id=“attachment_1550181” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved into former PM Rajiv’s residence. PTI[/caption] The bungalow had been the official residence of former PM Rajiv Gandhi when he assumed office for the first time. Modi, who was staying temporarily at the nearby Gujarat Bhawan, went to the 5, Race Course Road on Friday morning and a small pooja was performed there. Most of his belongings have been shifted to the bungalow which he will occupy instead of 7 RCR which has been the residence of his predecessors. Manmohan Singh vacated the Race Course Road residence after Modi’s swearing-in on 26 May but the new Prime Minister did not shift there as it was being refurbished. Modi will use bungalow number 7, Race Course Road as his office. Earlier reports had said that the new PM would have to wait ten days for Bungalow number 3 to get ready, but the number 5 bungalow, in which Rajiv Gandhi lived, was ready for a new occupant. With PTI inputs