An NDA govt may skip seniority, name 3UP’s Javed Usmani as Cabinet secretary

 The new government may give seniority a miss in selecting the next cabinet secretary and opt for a “relatively junior” officer as the country’s top bureaucrat, a senior BJP leader indicated on a day when exit polls predicted an NDA government at the Centre. 

Ajit Seth, the current Cabinet secretary, is due to retire on June 13 and a successor is usually named a fortnight in advance. As a result, the new government will have to decide on a new Cabinet secretary within days of taking charge.