After returning from his week long trip to London, Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Rajkumar Badole said here today that he would announce the formal date of purchase of a 2,050 square feet bungalow in London, where Dr B R Ambedkar once resided.

"We have initiated the process to purchase Dr Ambedkar's house by sending a letter of intent to the Indian High Commission in the United Kingdom. We will go there to meet our High Commissioner along with a solicitor whom we have appointed," Badole told PTI.