President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday removed Kiran Bedi as the lieutenant governor of Puducherry and gave Tamilisai Soundararajan, the governor of Telangana, the additional charge of the Union territory. “The President has directed that Dr. Kiran Bedi shall cease to hold the office of the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry and has appointed Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Governor of Telangana, to discharge the functions of the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, in addition to her own duties, with effect from the date she assumes charge of her office, until regular arrangements for the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry are made,” a release said.
This order comes less than 24 hours after four Congress MLAs tendered their resignations, leaving CM Narayanasamy’s government short of a majority in the 30-member Assembly.
