Over a month after Veera Rana, a 1988-batch IAS officer was handed the additional charge of Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh, she has been appointed as Chief Secretary of the state, an official said on Wednesday.Rana, who also holds the .
The Election Commission on Thursday made it clear that reports about it giving approval to extend Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains term by a month were false. Bains term as the state chief secretary is ending on Nov 30.
As the model code of conduct for the state assembly
The Election Commission refutes false claims of extending Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains term by a month. With Bains tenure concluding on November 30 and the state still under the election model code of conduct post the single-phase assembly elections on November 17, any extension decision requires Election Commission approval.
According to sources, any decision regarding extension of Bains' term will have to be taken after the EC's approval in view of the model code of conduct
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