Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s trip to Delhi has left the state bureaucracy speculating about who will be the next Chief Secretary. The CM is believed to have left for Delhi with the purpose of taking the party’s central leadership into confidence before taking a final call on the issue.
The current incumbent, Veera Rana (IAS:1988:MP), already on six-month extension, is retiring on September 30. As getting further extension seems unlikely for Rana, so the speculation about the next CS is rife.
The names of three bureaucrats are doing the rounds for the post. They are Additional Chief Secretary Rajesh Rajora (IAS:1990:MP), currently posted in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), Anurag Jain (IAS:1989:MP), currently on central deputation as Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and Additional CS (Home) SN Mishra (IAS:1990:MP). Among them, Rajora is believed to be a frontrunner in the CS race. According to sources, CM Mohan Yadav is keen on appointing Rajora as the state’s new CS and he is trying to build consensus on his name.
