Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan tendered her resignation on March 18 and forwarded her letter of resignation to President Murmu. Speculation suggests she may contest the Lok Sabha Elections in 2024 from Tamil Nadu as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Additionally, Tamilisai resigned from her position as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. Her resignation coincided with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled election rally in Telangana’s Jagtial and a roadshow in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
There are indications that Tamilisai could vie for one of three seats in Tamil Nadu, potentially including the Thoothukudi seat currently held by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s Kanimozhi.
Previously, Soundararajan contested the 2019 election from the Thoothukudi constituency but was unsuccessful. In 2009, she also contested the Chennai (North) seat but faced defeat.
Furthermore, she made three attempts to secure a seat in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, contesting from Radhapuram in 2006, Velachery in 2011, and Virugampakkam in 2016. Unfortunately, she was defeated in all three instances – the first to the DMK and the latter two to the AIADMK, erstwhile allies of the BJP.
