Lucknow, April 23 -- In a sweeping late-night administrative reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh Government transferred 33 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, including two high-profile figures whose movements have raised political eyebrows - Kaushal Raj Sharma, the Divisional Commissioner of Varanasi, and Shishir, the long-serving Director of the Information Department.
Kaushal Raj Sharma, often described as a "yes man" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been moved to Lucknow as Secretary in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO). His transfer marks the end of a significant era in Varanasi, the Prime Minister's parliamentary constituency, where Sharma served for more than seven years - first as District Magistrate and later as Divisional ...