Government Posts Key Ministerial Staff Ahead Of Election Results

New Delhi: Weeks before the results of general election are known, the central government has shifted many Ministerial staff back to regular departmental postings. While a government official pointed to possible uncertainty over the current government returning power or the Ministers being retained, a Secretary-level official termed it as routine maintaining that it was usual practice.

“Generally, there are Ministers who are not sure of being retained in the next government. In this case, as a courtesy they ask their personal secretary or OSD (officer on special duty) for choice of their postings,” the official said. In a May 7 order, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) curtailed the tenure of Ashima Jain as private secretary to Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Niranjan Jyoti. (IANS)

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