Immediately after President Ram Nath Kovind approved imposition of Governor's rule in J&K the Governor N N Vohra appointed B V R Subramanian (IAS:1987:CG) to the post of Chief Secretary of J&K. Further, B B Vyas (IAS:1986:J&K) and Vijay Kumar (Retd IPS:1972:AP) were named as advisors to Governor. Vyas served as CS whereas Vijay Kumar served as Adviser, Union Home Ministry.