India, March 18 -- Telangana governor and lieutenant governor of Puducherry Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan resigned from her posts on Monday amid reports that she would be contesting in the Lok Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu or Puducherry.

Soundararajan sent her resignation to President of India Droupadi Murmu on Monday morning following discussions with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national leadership, said a Raj Bhavan official.

"She has been asked (by the BJP leadership) to prepare for contesting in the Lok Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu or Puducherry," the official quoted above said.

The official said Soundararajan took the decision after informing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had stayed put in Raj Bhavan on Saturday night. ...