P Okay Sinha, the Principal Advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday tendered his resignation citing “personal grounds”.
According to the information company IANS, the previous Cabinet Secretary and the retired 1977-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre put in his papers on Monday night. With no particular cause out but, the transfer by one of many Prime Minister’s most trusted aides has raised a number of questions.
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Sinha was appointed because the Principal Adviser to PM in 2019 following the overall elections, after he retired because the Cabinet Secretary. The appointment order had stated his tenure could be co-terminus with the time period of the Prime Minister or till additional orders, whichever got here earlier.
Prior to being appointed because the Principal Advisor to Prime Minister, the veteran former bureaucrat was earlier made the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) within the Prime Minister’s Office in 2019 after PM Modi accepted the request of his Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra to be relieved from the submit.
Sinha has held a number of senior positions on the centre throughout his profession. He had served because the Cabinet Secretary from June 13, 2015 to August 30, 2019.
Sinha previously additionally served because the Secretary within the Ministries of Power and Shipping and as a Special Secretary within the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
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