In a bid to queer the pitch of his bete noire, Bihar's CM, Nitish Kumar has sought to wean away Lalu's Man Friday, Sudhir Kumar who is from the Bihar cadre, 1882 batch.
Sudhir Kumar is said to be Lalu's henchman as well as prima donna in the so called turnaround of the Indian Railways. He is credited for authoring much of Lalu's strategies, be it political or otherwise.
The State has the undisputed right to recall the officers of the cadre who are away on deputation and the Centre perforce has to comply. Hence Nitish Kumar is on firm ground in petitioning the Centre to revert him to the State cadre.
Though designated as one of the two Officers-on-duty (OSD), Sudhir Kumar is the man behind the show and even the top officers of the Railway Board bend to his whims. To take him away would be like chopping off Lalu's right arm.
There is an umseemly side to the issue -- Sudhir Kumar, alongwith Prem Gupta, Minister of State in charge of Company Affairs, is privy to a lot of "initiatives" , (please read "deals") of Lalu and if Sudhir Kumar goes back to his cadre, Nitish Kumar will leave no stone unturned to get Lalu's cat(s) out of the bag !!
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