Monday, March 18, 2024

Telangana Governor Resigns, May Contest Lok Sabha Polls As BJP Candidate

Telangana and Puducherry Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan resigned from both posts Monday morning.

Sources told NDTV Ms Soundararajan - the leader of the BJP's Tamil Nadu unit before her governorship - is expected to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election from the southern state.

Ms Soundararajan, 62, was sworn in as the then-fledgling state's second Governor in November 2019, and was given additional charge as Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry in February 2021.

Sources said she might re-join the BJP and be fielded from any one of three Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu, including the Thoothukudi seat currently held by the ruling DMK's Kanimozhi.

Ms Soundararajan contested 2019 election from this seat but was handily beaten. She also contested the Chennai (North) seat in 2009 and lost that as well; to TKS Elangovan of the DMK.



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