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Kiran Bedi PPMG PNBB (born 9 June 1949) is a former tennis player who became the first woman in India to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from 28 May 2016 to 16 February 2021.
Feb 17, 2021 · Kiran Bedi's sacking as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry last evening, with the state government on the brink, surprised many but top sources say the decision was not as abrupt as it seems.
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Feb 17, 2021 · As Puducherry Lt Governor, Kiran Bedi emerged as the principal rival of Chief Minister V Narayanasamy. She was removed by the President three months ahead of the assembly election as the Congress-led government battled a political crisis.
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Feb 17, 2021 · A day after she was removed as the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi thanked the government for a “lifetime experience” and said that whatever she had done was a “sacred duty.” Wishing for a “prosperous Puducherry”, Bedi said that “TeamRajNivas” worked diligently to serve the larger public interest
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Feb 17, 2021 · New Delhi: Former top cop Kiran Bedi’s sudden removal as the lieutenant governor of Puducherry Tuesday came as a surprise even to her, sources in her official residence Raj Nivas told ThePrint. Bedi was, at the time, reviewing the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the union territory.
Feb 17, 2021 · Two of the four MLAs who resigned from Puducherry Congress have already joined BJP, including a minister. One more MLA, Kumar, is to join soon. And three nominated MLAs in the assembly represent BJP members, thanks to the former Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi who nominated them. Kiran Bedi in New Delhi in 2015 (Express Archive)
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Feb 17, 2021 · Kiran Bedi thanked the government for a "life time experience" as the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, after she was removed from the top post last night amid a crisis in the ruling...
