Bengaluru: The State Government on Wednesday appointed N. Bhrungeesh, a retired Director of Department of Information and Public Relations, as the Chief Minister’s Media Adviser.

He will replace Mahadeva Prakash who resigned  recently.

In Aug. 2019, after the BJP came to power, Bhrungeesh, was in still service when he was appointed as CM B.S. Yediyurappa’s Media Secretary. Bhrungeesh had served as the Media Secretary during BSY’s first term as the CM in 2008-11. He also served as the Media Secretary to former CM S.M. Krishna and  N. Dharam Singh.