He is also against cooling off period for bureaucrats before they join politics. “A bureaucrat need not have a cooling off period if he or she decides to join politics and contest a direct election. I wanted to join politics. Jagdambika Pal also asked me to join him as principal secretary during his short stint as the chief minister,” he said. “As principal secretary to the CM, I had interaction with MLAs and MPs who used to visit the CM’s office in the evening.

Source: Hindustan Times January 18, 2017 08:25 UTC