Team News Riveting
Hyderabad, March 19
The President of India has accepted the resignation of Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan as Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
A press communique from the President’s Secretariat on Tuesday said the President of India is also pleased to appoint Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, Governor of Jharkhand to discharge the functions of the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry in addition to his own duties, until regular arrangements are made.
The above appointment will take effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.
Soundararajan tendered her resignation on Monday. “I resigned of my own volition as my desire is to serve the public directly. I want to involve myself in intense public service,” she had said hinting the possibility of contesting the Lok Sabha election from her native state Tamil Nadu.
Soundararajan had contested the 2019 Parliament elections from Thoothukudi seat in southern Tamil Nadu on a BJP ticket and lost to DMK’s Kanimozhi.
