Lt Gen (Retd) Ajay Kumar Singh to assume charge of Puducherry

Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lt Gen (Retd) Ajay Kumar Singh will assume charge of Lt Governor of Puducherry under an interim arrangement here tomorrow.
He will be sworn as Lt Governor at a function in Rajnivas at 5.15 p.M, official sources told PTI.
Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court Justice Satish K Agnihotri will administer the oath of office to him.
In the first such action against political appointees of the UPA regime, the Modi government had on July 11 sacked Virendra Kataria as Pucherry Lt Governor.
81-year-old Kataria, former Punjab Congress President and ex-Rajya Sabha member, was appointed Puducherry LG in July last year, replacing another former Congressman from the state Iqbal Singh, also an ex-RS MP.