People of Kerala won’t accept BJP: Pinarayi Vijayan
“The people of Kerala did not accept the BJP yesterday. They will neither accept them today nor tomorrow,” Pinarayi Vijayan said.
statesman news service
New Delhi, 2 July
After months of intense speculation and lobbying, Ms Sujatha Singh was today named as the next foreign secretary of the country.
Ms Singh&’s name had been doing the rounds for a while, along with that of India&’s current envoy to China, Jaishanker.
Sources said while the PMO was in favour of Mr Jaishanker, what finally tipped the scale in Ms Singh&’s favour was her seniority and her father&’s close connections with the Congress.
Ms Singh is the daughter of T V Rajeshwar, former head of the Intelligence Bureau and also a former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Mr Rajeshwar was close to the Congress top brass
and this was a major factor that went in Ms Singh&’s favour.
Her supporters pointed out that she is a hard working officer with a mind of her own, while sources in the government admitted that she is now likely to loosen the grip of the National Security Advisor (NSA) over foreign policy.
The NSA had pushed for another candidate, Mr Sudhir Vyas, for the top post.
The current foreign secretary, Mr Ranjan Mathai, is due to retire on 31 July, after which Ms Singh will take charge.
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