The Akhilesh Yadav government transferred 15 IAS officers, including two senior bureaucrats, considered close to former cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav on Friday. Further, PWD secretary Anurag Yadav was made secretary of the khadi and rural industries department. Both Shukla and Yadav are considered close to Shivpal who was divested of key portfolios on September 13, triggering a feud in the SP‘s first family. Speculation of Shukla and Yadav’s transfers were rife in bureaucratic circles after the chief minister took charge of the PWD. The chief minister planned to counter the centre’s roads with his projects like the Agra-Lucknow expressway and district highways,” the party leader added.

Source: Hindustan Times September 23, 2016 15:18 UTC