Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi, has been removed from the post and the Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has been given the full additional charge of L-G Puducherry, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique.
Kiran Bedi, who served the UT for nearly five years, has had a long running battle with the Congress-led government ever since her appointment in 2016.
The Rashtrapati Bhawan communique directed that Dr Kiran Bedi shall cease to hold the office of the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry and 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.
