Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s Powerful Aide Karthikeyan Pandian Seeks VRS, Granted By Centre

Pandian has enjoyed supposedly ‘outsized’ influence as the private secretary to Odisha’s longest-serving chief minister

TS Bureau

Oct, 23, 2023  ·  2 min read

In a surprise move, the Centre has approved an application for voluntary retirement by IAS officer V Karthikeyan Pandian, the powerful private secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

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