Nitish's close aide Deepak Kumar has been removed from the CMO and appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Disaster Management Authority. He was previously the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister since 2021.

Here is the translation of the given Hindi text into English: Nitish's close aide Deepak Kumar removed from CMO, appointed as Vice Chairman of Disaster Management Authority; was Principal Secretary to CM since 2021 - Patna News. Retired IAS Deepak Kumar has been removed from his position as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and given a new responsibility. Deepak Kumar has been made the Vice Chairman of the Disaster Management Authority. Deepak Kumar is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch. He is known to be close to former CM Nitish Kumar. He was the Principal Secretary to the CM since March 21, 2021.