EC replaces Andhra Pradesh chief secretary

: The Election Commission Friday removed Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Anil Chandra Punetha from the post and appointed senior-most IAS officer L V Subrahmanyam of the 1983 batch in place of the former.

This is the second major blow to Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu as the EC had removed two of his most- preferred top bureaucrats from their positions during election time.

Also, the ECI directed that Punetha, scheduled to retire from service May-end, be posted to a 'non-election' position.'