Mumbai: Maharashtra government today issued a directive prohibiting government employees who had worked with ministers in the Congress-NCP government as personal assistants or on some other posts from working with the current ministers.

The Narendra Modi government at the Centre had issued a similar directive after NDA came to power. A government resolution (GR) issued by the General Administration Department of the state said, "Those who have worked as private secretary, officer on special duty or personal assistant with Chief Minister/Deputy Chief Minister/Ministers... in the last 10 years cannot work in the ministerial establishment for the next five years.