Former IAS office Arvind Kumar Sharma joins BJP

Former IAS office Arvind Kumar Sharma, who opted for for voluntary retirement from the service, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday. The 1988 batch IAS officer is considered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trusted bureaucrat. He took voluntary retirement as MSME secretary on Monday. Sharma worked with Narendra Modi in Gujarat when latter was the Chief Minister.