Won’t quit my Axis Bank job: Amruta Fadnavis

MUMBAI: The day her husband was named the most powerful man in Maharashtra, Amruta Fadnavis said she would put in a request with her employer for a transfer from Nagpur to Mumbai. The associate vice-president of Axis Bank who heads its premium branch in Nagpur – also wife of Devendra Fadnavis, the state’s CMdesignate – says neither she nor her husband would like her to quit the job or take leave of absence.

"I won’t leave my job. I have worked hard to get here…I believe every woman should try to be financially independent. I will always keep working because I too want to grow intellectually. It is a strong point of my identity," Amruta told ET over phone from Nagpur airport where she and 5-year-old daughter Divija had arrived to catch a flight to Mumbai on Monday evening.

Amruta said she wouldn’t mind even staying back in Nagpur and taking care of Fadnavis’ constituency while continuing at her present branch if she doesn’t get a transfer to Mumbai. Amruta Ranade, whose parents are doctors in Nagpur, married Fadnavis in 2006. She believes behind Devendra’s work ethics is a significant role of the RSS that groomed him since childhood.

"RSS education makes people disciplined and committed to service. That is something youngsters of the country need the most right now," she said. Being the BJP state president in charge of a hectic campaign, Fadnavis in the last few days has spent less time with his family in Nagpur that comprises his mother, wife and daughter.