Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry on Thursday. Soundararajan, a former president of the Tamil Nadu BJP, had been given additional charge of Puducherry by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Sanjib Banerjee administered the oath of office to her at a simple function at the Raj Nivas.
She took the oath in Tamil. Among those who attended the ceremony were Assembly Speaker V P Sivakolundhu, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, and Leader of Opposition N Rangasamy.
After the swearing-in, the Lt Governor was presented a guard of honour by the Puducherry police outside Raj Nivas.
Soundararajan is the fifth woman to hold the post of Lt Governor of Puducherry, after Chandrawati, Rajendra Kumari Bajpai, Rajani Rai, and Kiran Bedi. This is the first time in the history of Puducherry that a Tamil-speaking person has been posted as Lt governor.
Bedi, who was Lt Governor in the Union territory since May 2016, was recently removed from office through a Presidential order on Tuesday, months ahead of the Puducherry elections.
Surjitt Sahani
