Fresh off a decisive Bihar victory, the Modi government has signalled a sharp bureaucratic reset, one that goes far beyond routine reshuffling. The most telling move is the appointment of V. Srinivas as Rajasthan’s new chief secretary

xThere are fast moves in babudom bureaucracy, and then there is the Sujit Kumar story, which has impressed many in service circles. In just 51 days, Mr Kumar went from principal commissioner in Delhi to BJP MLA from Gaura Bauram in Darbhanga, Bihar. Normally, such transitions take months of paperwork, clearances and political negotiation. In this case, the timeline has raised more than a few eyebrows.

The sequence speaks for itself. On September 13, CBDT issued a promotion list that unusually included 20 IRS-IT officers of the 2001 batch at a level many of

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