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More muzzling of institutions, centralisation—ex-finance secy on how Modi govt changed post 1st term

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In this first episode of Officer’s Desk, former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg talks in detail about what made him join the IAS, his days as a district magistrate, how his relationship with Vasundhara Raje came to an abrupt end because of a call from Modi’s PMO, how Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh and Modi’s working styles differ, and why his relationship with Nirmala Sitharaman drove him to resign from the IAS.

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