Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry on Thursday, days after Kiran Bedi was faraway from the submit. Soundararajan, a former president of the Tamil Nadu BJP, had been given extra cost of Puducherry by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Soundararajan was sworn in by Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Sanjib Banerjee on the Raj Nivas. She took the oath in Tamil. Among those that attended the ceremony have been Assembly Speaker V P Sivakolundhu, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and Leader of Opposition N Rangasamy.
Soundararajan is the fifth girl to carry the submit of Lt Governor of Puducherry, after Chandrawati, Rajendra Kumari Bajpai, Rajani Rai and Kiran Bedi.

Felt Proud & Happy to take the Oath of Office in My mom tongue – Tamil because the #LieutenantGovernor of #Puducherry at #RajNivas at the moment In the Presence of Honble Chief Justice of Madras High Court ,Honble CM ,Ex CM,Cabinet Colleagues Legislators, Senior Officials & Public. pic.twitter.com/lLXPlFgBkL
— Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan (@DrTamilisaiGuv) February 18, 2021
Bedi, with whom the Narayanasamy authorities has had a long-running battle, was eliminated months forward of the Puducherry elections.
Narayanasamy stated Bedi’s elimination was “a long pending demand of the Puducherry people”. Bedi, he stated, “was behaving in an autocratic manner, violating the rules of business, trying to run a parallel government, (and) issuing independent orders against the wishes of the elected government…”
The growth occurred on the identical day Narayanasamy’s authorities appeared to have misplaced majority following the resignation of two MLAs in two days.

(With inputs from PTI)