Vijay Kumar Dev appointed Delhi Chief Secretary after Anshu Prakash's transfer to telecom department

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Vijay Kumar Dev appointed Delhi Chief Secretary after Anshu Prakash's transfer to telecom department

Vijay Kumar Dev (File photo)

IAS officer and delhi Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Kumar Dev has been appointed as the new Delhi Chief Secretary. The order of his appointment has been issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. A copy of the letter has been sent to the office of the Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal. His predecessor Anshu Prakash has been appointed as additional secretary in the Department of Telecommunications, under the government of India

An 1987-batch IAS officer from the AGMUT cadre (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories), Vijay Kumar Dev, in his most recent appointments, served as the Deputy Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India, Chandigarh, and as Additional Secretary to the Government of India.

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His predecessor, Anshu Prakash, had allegedly been attacked by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators at a meeting held in Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence on February 19, in Kejriwal's presence. The incident had triggered a bitter power tussle between the Delhi government and its bureaucrats earlier this year.

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