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Modi Confidante K Kailashnathan Steps Down As Chief Principal Secretary In Gujarat CMO
Kailashnathan retired in 2013 as additional chief secretary, a year after Modi became prime minister, but was retained in the Gujarat CMO in a new position of Chief Principal Secretary created for him
Jun, 29, 2024 · 1 min read
It's the end of an era in Gujarat’s corridors of powers. Kuniyil Kailashnathan, popularly known as KK, who has been helming the Chief Minister's Office for almost 18 years as the state’s most powerful bureaucrat, stepped down on Saturday.
A 1979-batch IAS officer Kailashnathan joined the chief minister's office in 2006 as principal secretary, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was serving his second term as the state's CM. He has since been one of Modi's most trusted aides, and his eyes and ears for all affairs Gujarat.
Kailashnathan demitted the office in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel as officials and staff of the CMO assembled to bid him an emotional farewell
Kailashnathan retired in 2013 as additional chief secretary, a year after Modi became prime minister, but was retained in the Gujarat CMO in a new position of Chief Principal Secretary created for him. He has since been given multiple extensions, the last of which for a period of six months ends on June 30.
After Modi's departure from Gandhinagar, Kailashnathan served as many as three chief ministers -- Anandiben from June 2014 to August 26, Vijay Rupani as CM from August 2016 to September 2021 and Bhupendrabhai Patel since then.
It was not immediately known if he would take up any new responsibility in future.
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