After the appointment of the new Governor and the transfer of the Chief Secretary in Manipur, speculation is on rife in Delhi and Imphal bureaucratic circles whether the Centre has some bigger plans to restore normalcy in the state. A day after Centre appointed former Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla as Manipur Governor, it called state Chief Secretary Vineet Joshi, a 1992 batch Manipur cadre officer, to Delhi. Joshi was sent to Manipur on May 7 last year- just 4 days after violent clashes rocked Manipur. Joshi was picked for the challenging assignment as he knew the system, having served in senior positions in the state. He was also known to have a good working relationship with Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, having served as his Principal Secretary in 2017 for a year. Now over a year-and-a-half since violence erupted in the Northeastern state, he has been called back, giving room to the speculation.