Overview
- MP’s General Administration Department issued a late-night order around 2 a.m. transferring 11 IAS officers across key departments.
- Ashok Varnwal was moved to Health, replacing Sandeep Yadav, who shifted to Forest and retained charge of the NRI department.
- Deepak Saxena was appointed excise commissioner as Abhijit Agrawal moved to Markfed ahead of a new excise policy.
- Manish Singh returned as public relations commissioner while keeping the transport portfolio, marking the department’s fifth leadership change in two years.
- The state Congress criticized the excise-related changes, citing alleged fake challans in Indore and toxic-liquor deaths in Jabalpur and demanding accountability.