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Sudha Yadav Sworn In As The New Governor Of Karnataka
- •Sudha Yadav took oath as the Governor of Karnataka on Friday, replacing Thaawar Chand Gehlot.
- •Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court Vibhu Bakhru administered the oath of office at Lok Bhavan.
- •She is a Kargil war widow, former Lok Sabha MP, and the second woman to hold the post in Karnataka.
- •President Droupadi Murmu appointed the 61-year-old BJP leader and IIT Roorkee doctorate holder to the position.
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Sudha Yadav is a Kargil war widow, former Lok Sabha MP, and BJP leader who was sworn in as the Governor of Karnataka on Friday. She replaced Thaawar Chand Gehlot, taking the oath of office administered by Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru at Lok Bhavan.
Karnataka's first woman governor was V S Ramadevi, who held office from December 1999 to August 2002. Sudha Yadav is only the second woman to ever hold this gubernatorial position in the state.
Sudha Yadav holds a doctorate in Chemistry from IIT Roorkee. Following the death of her husband, BSF Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav, in the 1999 Kargil War, she entered politics at the urging of then-BJP organizer Narendra Modi, winning the Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seat that same year.
