Gandhi loyalist is PM's principal secretary

October 03, 2011 16:35

Senior IAS officer Pulok Chatterjee, considered close to the Gandhi family, today joined as the Prime Minister's Principal Secretary, at a time when the government is going through tough times.

A 1974-batch officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Chatterjee returned to PMO after a stint with the World Bank. He was in the PMO earlier as a Joint Secretary from 2004 to 2009. He replaced T K A Nair, who has been made Advisor to the Prime Minister.

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