Who was appointed the new Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry on 22 May 2016?
A. Kiran Bedi
B. Subhash Chandra
C. Rajat Sharma
D. Anupam Kher
Answer:A
Who was appointed the new Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry on 22 May 2016?
A. Kiran Bedi B. Subhash Chandra C. Rajat Sharma D. Anupam Kher
Explanation: The Union Govt. on 22 May 2016 appointed Kiran Bedi, the country’s first woman IPS officer and the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate in the Delhi Assembly elections last year, as the new Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. The post of Puducherry Lt. Governor was under the additional charge of Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Ajay Singh for nearly two years. The government had sacked UPA nominee Virendra Kataria on 11 July 2014. After 35 years in police service, the IPS officer joined the BJP in January last year and was projected as the party’s chief ministerial candidate in Delhi. After the BJP was routed by the Aam Aadmi Party in the state, the party’s decision to project Bedi as the CM candidate was criticised.