Gupta widely discussed in bureaucracy for appointment as Principal Secretary to CM

Senior IAS officer Rakesh Gupta, who has the prior experience of serving extensively in the Haryana Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), may get an opportunity to serve the Chief Minister again as his Principal Secretary. According to some of the bureaucrats, he is the frontrunner for the post. Gupta is currently serving as Additional Secretary in the President’s Secretariat. He has the experience of handling the flagship programmes of the BJP Government, including Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao and the Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates Programme. He was also Additional Principal Secretary to the CM during Khattar’s tenure from October 2014 to October 2018.