PMO puts on hold appointment of Private Secretaries, Read Why?

Sources say the PM's Office has asked for a report of appointments as private secretaries for ministers and they will only be cleared after scrutiny. The government, sources say, is in the process of finalising a policy of whether or not to retain officials, especially in the staff of ministers, who have worked in the previous UPA regime.

Rajnath Singh reportedly wanted Alok Singh, an IPS officer from Uttar Pradesh, who had previously worked for former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.

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