Alapan retired and appointed chief advisor to CM

Finally, Alapan Bandopadhyay retired as chief secretary of West Bengal on Monday and appointed as the chief advisor to CM,Mamata Banerjee for three years. Hari Kirshan Dwivedi has been appointed as the new chief secretary of West Bengal. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer. BP Gopalika  has been appointed the new home secretary.The development came on a day the West Bengal government refused to relieve Bandopadhyay to serve with the Centre in New Delhi, calling the order in this regard "unprecedented" and "unilateral." Bandopadhyay was due to retire on May 31, but was given a three-month extension to help manage the Covid-19 situation in the state, as well the situation post-Cyclone Yaas, which hit West Bengal last week.

Earlier in the day on Monday, Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, informing him of her government’s decision to not relieve Bandopadhyay, and also objecting to the Centre’s decision to transfer him to the Capital. Last Friday, the Union government shunted Bandopadhyay to New Delhi, just hours after Banerjee "skipped" a meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review the impact of the cyclone in the eastern state. In its order, the department of personnel and training (DoPT), directed the officer to report to duty at 10am on May 31.