Overview

• Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati have decried a pay-to-post “transfer industry” across Uttar Pradesh government departments.
• Following a complaint by Minister of State Ravindra Jaiswal, Chief Minister Adityanath removed Inspector General Sameer Verma and cancelled 210 transfers in the stamp registration department.
• Mayawati has called for a Vigilance team and a time-bound Special Investigation Team to investigate alleged irregularities in transfer-postings.
• Opposition leaders have highlighted similar corruption claims in health, public works and excise departments to underline systemic abuse.
• Civil society organisations are backing calls for an impartial, wide-ranging probe to restore public trust in state administration.