MP Cong Chief Targets Mohan Yadav Govt Over Frequent Transfers, Calls It 'Transfer Factory'

(MENAFN- IANS) Bhopal, Nov 10 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari on Tuesday accused the BJP government of turning the state into a "transfer factory", alleging that frequent transfers of IAS and IPS officers were affecting administrative stability.

In a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, Patwari alleged that the politics of transfers had continued under successive BJP governments and expanded under the present regime.

Comparing the two tenures, he said the "transfer industry" under former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had become a full-fledged "transfer factory" under CM Yadav.

Citing figures, Patwari claimed that more than 325 IAS officers were transferred between December 2023 and July 2025, averaging over 16 transfers a month.

He further claimed that around 36 IAS officers had been assigned new responsibilities since July 23, while Collectors of nearly two dozen districts and SPs of around a dozen districts had been changed over the past three months.

He also cited the transfer of 62 IPS officers in May 2026.

Questioning the frequent reshuffles, Patwari asked whether a Collector could understand a district's problems and improve its administration within two-and-a-half months, or an SP could bring lasting changes in policing within six months.

He proposed a transparent transfer policy ensuring a minimum two-year tenure for IAS and IPS officers posted as Collectors, SPs and heads of important departments under normal circumstances.

He also demanded that reasons for premature transfers be made public in writing.

Patwari called for an annual white paper detailing officers' transfers, tenures and reasons for early transfers, along with an independent assessment of the administrative performance of districts and departments affected by frequent reshuffles.

Referring to a statement by Kuno National Park Field Director and senior IFS officer B. Uttam Kumar Sharma, he said officers need one to two years to understand the administrative system, while a tenure of more than two years provides an opportunity to introduce institutional reforms.

"During the Shivraj government, a transfer industry operated, but under your tenure, a full-fledged 'transfer factory' has been established in Madhya Pradesh," Patwari wrote in his letter.

He alleged that frequent transfers disrupted development work, affected the implementation of government schemes and weakened administrative accountability. "History will record that Shivraj Singh Chouhan started the 'transfer industry' in Madhya Pradesh and Dr Mohan Yadav turned it into a 'transfer factory," he also wrote on X.

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