CP RADHAKRISHNAN IS NEW GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA

"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.

The President of India on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan as Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.

The President also appointed 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.

Tamilisai Soundararajan tendered her resignation on March 18. The Rashtrapati Bhavan has issued orders in this regard.

Meanwhile, Radhakrishnan thanked President Draupadi 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 further stated.

According to officials, Radhakrishnan arrives in Hyderabad at 10.55 PM on Tuesday night and will stay at the Raj Bhavan. He is likely to be administered the oath of office by the Telangana High Court Chief Justice at a function held at 11.30 AM at the Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday.

Radhakrishnan, who hails from Tamil Nadu, assumed the Governorship of Jharkhand in 2023. He is the third person from Tamil Nadu to occupy the post of Governor in Telangana for a consecutive term. The first Governor, Narasimhan, and the second Governor, Tamilisai Sounderarajan, were also from Tamil Nadu.