BP Gopalika new chief secretary of Bengal

The West Bengal government on Sunday appointed BP Gopalika as the new chief secretary of the state, an official notification said.

His appointment to the post followed the end of HK Dwivedi's extension on the chair during the day.

Unless given an extension like his predecessor, Gopalika, a 1989-batch IAS officer, would be holding the post for only five months as he is scheduled to retire on May 31 next year.

Nandini Chakraborty replaced Gopalika as the new state home secretary, becoming only the second woman after Lina Chakraborty to hold the post.

Lina Chakraborty was the state home secretary from November 26, 1996 to September 7, 1998 during the previous Left Front government.

The Centre had in June granted a six-month extension to Dwivedi as the chief secretary at the request of the state government.

Gopalika had earlier worked in the transport, animal resources development, and personnel and administrative reforms departments as secretary.

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