Ahead of polls, Akhilesh transfers 53 IAS officers including 28 DMs
Lucknow: In a mass scale transfer of 53 IAS officers including 28 district magistrates today, the Akhilesh Yadav government brought in its own loyal officers in key positions in the state bureaucracy.Following are the transfers:
Bharat Lal Rai, special secretary, Panchayati Raj, has been appointed DM Sant Kabirnagar, while Samir Verma, DM Kanpur City has been appointed special secretary, Panchayati Raj.
Dr Roshan Jacob, DM Gonda has been appointed DM Kanpur city, while Amrit Tripathi, DM Baghpat has been appointed special secretary, Agricultural Production. Ajay Deep Singh, DM Bijnore has been appointed DM Baghpat.
Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, DM Banda, has been shifted as DM Bijnore, while Satyendra Kumar Singh, vice chairman, Meerut Development Authority has been appointed DM, Banda.
Ms Soumya Agrawal, DM, Maharajganj has been shifted as special secretary, technical education, while Sharad Kumar Singh, special secretary, Horticulture takes over her place as DM Maharajganj.
Rajiv Rautela, Dm Aligarh goes as special secretary, Horticulture, while Ajay Kumar Shukla, special secretary, PWD is now the new DM, Aligarh. Ms. Kumudlata Srivastava, DM Mau has been shifted as special secretary, PWD.