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What led to the appointment of Girija Vaidyanathan as TN chief secretary?
Girija a 1981 batch officer was in fact superseded to make way for the appointment of Rao as chief secretary a 1985 batch officer.
Girija Vaidyanathan the senior most IAS officer in Tamil Nadu was on Thursday appointed chief secretary of the state. The decision was taken after Ram Mohan Rao was suspended following the IT raids that took place at his residence and office.
Girija a 1981 batch officer was in fact superseded to make way for the appointment of Rao as chief secretary a 1985 batch officer. Girija who is also the sister-in-law of BJP leader and actor S V Shekhar is well revered in Tamil Nadu political circles.
Questions
are
now
being
asked
if
her
being
related
to
Shekhar
had
anything
to
do
with
her
appointment.
Many
say
that
it
is
a
mere
coincidence.
Shekhar
who
was
an
MLA
with
the
AIADMK
quit
the
party
to
join
the
BJP
in
2013.
Shekhar
is
also
an
actor
by
profession.
Observers
in
Tamil
Nadu
says
that
she
is
well
respected
by
leaders
of
both
the
AIADMK
as
well
as
the
DMK.
In
fact
when
Karunanidhi
was
the
Chief
Minister
of
the
state,
he
had
even
attended
her
son's
wedding.
[Also Read: Ram Mohan rao suspended, TN gets new CS]
Girija who hails from Thanjavur which is incidentally the home town of Sasikala Natarajan was chosen due to her seniority. When Rao was appointed as the chief secretary many questions were asked as to why Girija had been superseded. In fact, Rao was handpicked by Jayalalithaa. Rao who was the secretary to the Chief Minister was made the chief secretary of the state in June 2016.
Following the raids that were conducted at Rao's residence and office, the Tamil Nadu Cabinet went into a huddle. At first no decision was taken to replace the chief secretary. It was decided that a decision would be taken once an FIR is filed. However with more raids taking place, the Cabinet as per the advise of Sheela Balakrishnan, the advisor to the Tamil Nadu government decided to appoint Girija as the chief secretary. Incidentally Tamil Nadu happens to be the only state to have an advisor to the government. The post was specifically created by late Jayalalithaa for Sheela Balakrishnan after she retired as the chief secretary of the state.
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