Bengaluru, Oct 29 (IANS) Karnataka Governor Sudha Yadav met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday and held discussions with him after assuming charge as the Governor of Karnataka.
The meeting marked her first interaction with the Prime Minister following her appointment to the constitutional post.
Taking to social media X, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) stated, “Governor of Karnataka, Sudha Yadav met Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today.”
Senior BJP leader Sudha Yadav was sworn in as the 20th Governor of Karnataka at Lok Bhavan in Bengaluru on Oct 16. She is the second woman to hold the constitutional post in the state, after V.S. Ramadevi, who served as Governor from 1999 to 2002.
Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court Vibhu Bakhru administered the oath of office to Sudha Yadav in the presence of CM Shivakumar, Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara and other dignitaries.
Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and outgoing Governor Gehlot were among those present at the ceremony.
Ahead of the oath-taking ceremony, Sudha Yadav paid floral tributes at the National Military Memorial in Bengaluru. Following the ceremony, Gehlot felicitated the new Governor, while CM Shivakumar presented her with a bouquet.
President Droupadi Murmu appointed Sudha Yadav as the Governor of Karnataka on October 12.
Sudha Yadav hails from Haryana and has held several key positions in the BJP. She served as a Member of Parliament representing Mahendragarh from 1999 to 2004 and later held the post of BJP national secretary. She also headed the party’s Other Backward Classes (OBC) Morcha.
She was a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) from 2019 to 2022. In August 2022, she was inducted into the BJP’s Parliamentary Board, the party’s highest decision-making body.
–IANS
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