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Jharkhand Governor Radhakrishnan given additional charge of Telangana

President Droupadi Murmu accepted the resignation of Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan as Governor of Telangana and Lt Governor of Puducherry on Tuesday.

ByPTI

Published Mar 19, 2024 | 11:51 AM ⚊UpdatedMar 19, 2024 | 11:51 AM

Jharkhand Governor CP Radakrishnan given additional charge as Telangana Governor. (X)

President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignation of Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement on Tuesday, 19 March.

It also said that the President is “pleased to appoint CP 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.”

Soundararajan, who was also the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, tendered her resignation on Monday, 19 March.

Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan on Tuesday thanked President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving him additional responsibility to serve as the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.

“I am humbled and blessed to be given the additional responsibility to serve as the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry,” Radhakrishnan wrote on X.

“I thank from the bottom of my heart to our beloved most respected Honourable President Smt Droupadi Murmu Ji, Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji and Honourable Home Minister Shri @AmitShah Ji for giving me this great additional responsibility to serve our motherland,” he said.

I am humbled and blessed to be given the additional responsibility to serve as the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
I thank from the bottom of my heart our beloved most respected Honourable President Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji, our beloved most respected… pic.twitter.com/57hNukHNre

— CP Radhakrishnan (@CPRGuv) March 19, 2024

“I resigned of my own volition as my desire is to serve the public directly. I want to involve myself in intense public service,” Soundararajan had said.

The resignation came amid reports of her plans to contest the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls from 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.

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