Karnataka Governor Dr. Sudha Yadav Meets President Murmu and PM Modi in New Delhi
Karnataka Governor Dr. Sudha Yadav met with President Murmu and Prime Minister Modi, marking her first official visit since taking office.
New Delhi, October 29 (Daily Kiran) : Dr. Sudha Yadav, the newly appointed Governor of Karnataka, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday. This marked her first official engagement since assuming office. The Prime Minister’s Office shared details of the meeting on social media, noting that Dr. Yadav presented a commemorative gift to Modi during their encounter.
Additionally, Dr. Yadav visited President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, with the official account also posting about the meeting.
Dr. Yadav was appointed as the Governor of Karnataka by President Murmu on October 12, 2026, and took her oath of office on October 16. This visit to Delhi represents her first official trip since assuming the role.
A former MP from Mahendragarh in Haryana, Dr. Yadav won the Lok Sabha election in 1999 and served until 2004. She holds a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Roorkee, now known as IIT Roorkee.
Entering politics after the death of her husband, who was a Deputy Commandant in the Border Security Force and was killed during the Kargil War in 1999, Dr. Yadav has held significant positions within the Bharatiya Janata Party. She served as the party’s national secretary and led its Other Backward Classes (OBC) front.
From 2019 to 2022, she was a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) and joined the BJP’s parliamentary board in August 2022, which is the party’s highest decision-making body.
