PTI
 
New Delhi, Feb 25: It will be a mini White House functioning from posh Maurya Sheraton Hotel in New Delhi, with an entire floor redone to create a makeshift Oval Office for US President George W Bush during his upcoming visit to India.

The American president and First Lady Laura Bush will stay in the super suite at the Maurya Sheraton Hotel in high-security Chanakyapuri area of South Delhi, sources said.

Bush will be occupying the same suite where his predecessor Bill Clinton had stayed during his visit to India in 2000. Clinton had stayed at the Chandragupta Maurya Suite, which was rechristened as ‘Clinton Suite’.

The room will now be called ‘Bush Suite’ in honour of its new occupant, the sources said.

An entire floor is being redone to suit the needs of Bush and the accompanying delegation, and it is being converted into a makeshift Oval Office complete with a boardroom and a Presidential Secretariat.

No stone is being left unturned to ensure maximum security for Bush and the hotel staff that would be dealing with the US delegation have undergone routine check and briefing by American as well as Indian security agencies.