PM Modi’s Trusted Officer Of 20 Years Joins BJP, May Get Big UP Role

New Delhi:

A former IAS officer who spent years in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s group and is amongst his most trusted aides, joined the BJP at this time. Arvind Kumar Sharma joined the social gathering in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow.

Mr Sharma is tipped for the UP Legislative Council and could also be given an necessary submit within the authorities of Yogi Adityanath. Elections to the 12 seats of the Legislative Council are due on January 28.

“Immediately, former IAS officer Arvind Kumar Sharma was welcomed into the BJP household. The social gathering will certainly get new impetus with the capabilities and dedication of Arvind Kumar Sharma who has been related to the ideology of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas‘,” state BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh tweeted.

Requested if Mr Sharma could possibly be made a candidate, BJP spokesperson Chandra Mohan mentioned the names have been determined by the central management.

The bureaucrat was Secretary within the centre’s Ministry for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). His voluntary retirement this week got here as a shock to many however by all accounts, he’s set for a big political function in Uttar Pradesh.

The 1988 batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre is from Mau in UP.

Mr Sharma labored with PM Modi not simply in Delhi but additionally when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat earlier than 2014. He joined him as Secretary in 2001, when Mr Modi started his stint as Gujarat Chief Minister.

The low profile officer was part of the Prime Minister’s Workplace in addition to the Chief Minister’s Workplace. Over practically 20 years, Mr Sharma earned the Prime Minister’s belief along with his results-driven strategy, BJP leaders say.

When PM Modi was in Gujarat, Mr Sharma was chief government of the Gujarat Infrastructure Improvement Board. He joined the PM’s Workplace in 2014, when the BJP got here to energy after a landslide victory.

Final 12 months, Mr Sharma was moved to the crucial MSME ministry in Might, when the federal government was engaged on aid for the sector from the coronavirus lockdown.