Bengaluru, Oct. 15 -- Karnataka is set to have a new Governor, with senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dr Sudha Yadav scheduled to take the oath of office at Lok Bhavan on Friday morning, October 16. Yadav has been appointed to replace Thawarchand Gehlot, whose tenure ended after about five years in the constitutional post.

A former Lok Sabha member, Yadav is part of the BJP Parliamentary Board and has been associated with the party's senior leadership. She holds a PhD in chemistry and is the wife of a soldier who was killed in the Kargil War.

Yadav is expected to arrive in Bengaluru at 6.45 pm on Thursday, October 15. Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara, Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, Director General and Inspector General ...