The Governor of Telangana, Tamilisai Soundararajan has been aiming to contest from Tamilnadu in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. As a result, she has decided to resign from her current position and submitted a resignation letter today to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu. Her tenure as the governor of Telangana has terminated.
Tamilisai is on a stringent goal to field her nomination from a Parliament seat in Tamilnadu. She began her rule as the governor of Telangana in 2019 and has been in office for the last five years. She has also resigned as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2024.
She was the second Governor of Telangana and is the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry since 18 February 2021. She was the National Secretary and Tamilnadu State Unit President of the BJP prior to this appointment.