After accepting the resignation of Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan as Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry on March 18, President Droupadi Murmu has appointed CP Radhakrishnan, Governor of Jharkhand, to discharge the functions of the Governor of Telangana and LG of Puducherry. 

CP Radhakrishnan will continue to perform duties as Governor of Jharkhand, until regular arrangements are made, said a communique of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. 

In social media platform X, Rashtrapati Bhavan informed as follows.

”President Murmu has accepted the resignation of Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan as Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. 

President appoints CP Radhakrishnan, Governor of Jharkhand to discharge the functions of the Governor of Telangana and LG of Puducherry in addition to his own duties, until regular arrangements are made”