Since mid-February, Tamilisai Soundararajan has been wearing two hats — Telangana Governor and Puducherry’s Lieutenant-Governor. In an interview at her Chennai residence on July 22, 2021, Dr. Soundararajan, 60, defends direct benefit transfer in the public distribution system, a concept being implemented in Puducherry. On many issues, including the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, her views were different from those of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao or the government but they were “all sorted out smoothly”.
Ms. Tamilisai explains how Telangana and Puducherry are complementing each other in tackling COVID-19.
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