India, March 31 -- Three days after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced a major reshuffle of key officials, residents of Dadar-Matunga-Sion have expressed strong opposition to the abrupt transfer of their assistant commissioner, Nitin Shukla.

Shukla, who served the F North Ward, which encompasses areas like Dadar-Matunga-Sion, for less than two months, was reassigned to B Ward in Dongri last Friday as part of a broader administrative overhaul that included the transfer of seven joint and deputy municipal commissioners, as well as the promotion and reassignment of 12 assistant commissioners across Mumbai's 25 administrative wards.

The decision has sparked outrage among citizens, with several resident groups launching o...