Modi's Second Term Sees More 'Centre's Officers' Become Chief Secretaries in BJP States
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In Modi's second term, several chief secretaries in BJP-ruled states are IAS officers who earlier served long stints under his government at the Centre.
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If Modi's first term focused on overhauling the central bureaucracy, his second term has focused on steering state administrations in BJP-ruled states.
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The appointments of trusted Centre officers as chief secretaries in states are technically valid but seem politically motivated.
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The trend of 'Centre's officers' becoming chief secretaries in states has picked up more in Modi's second term compared to the first.
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A few states like Haryana and Madhya Pradesh have had chief ministers who picked their own trusted officers as chief secretaries.