The Chief Minister had issued orders in this regard, making Somesh Kumar his chief advisor, in the rank of a Cabinet Minister for a period of three years
CM earlier in the day had written to PM Narendra Modi requesting him to withdraw the Centre's order recalling the Chief Secretary, and asserted her government "cannot release, and is not releasing" the top bureaucrat
AP CM alleged that some judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court were overstepping the judicial limits in condemning the actions of the Andhra Pradesh government