HRD Minister Smriti Irani's Private Secretary (PS) <g data-gr-id="12">Binita</g> Thakur, who has gone on leave, has set off speculations of yet another change in the Ministry. According to reports, Thakur, who went on leave last week, had sought to be relieved from the Ministry.
A 1996-batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre, Thakur was appointed as private secretary to the HRD Minister in September last year. She had replaced Vinita Srivastava, a Railway Engineering Services officer.
Now, the name of M Imkongla Jamir, a 2002 Karnataka cadre IAS officer, is doing the rounds as Thakur's replacement. The development comes at a time when the Ministry has seen several senior level officers leaving it.