Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan is formally sworn in as the Governor of Telangana at an official function held at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad. High Court Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan administered the oath of office to her. She will be the second Governor of Telangana.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Opposition leaders, Ministers and others were present on the occasion. Nearly 1200 guests were invited for the function. Earlier, Soundararajan arrived by a special aircraft from Chennai. CM Chandrasekhar Rao and Ministers received her at the airport.

Tamil Nadu former chief minister Panneer Selvam attended the swearing-in ceremony. Dr Soundararajan is formerly the president of the BJP Tamil Nadu unit. She has replaced the long-standing ESL Narasimhan who served as Governor for nearly 10 years.