In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Bihar government has transferred 45 IAS officers, including several district magistrates (DMs), ahead of the assembly elections, which is scheduled to take place later this year.
Thirty-one officers of the Bihar Administrative Service (BAS) were also transferred as a part of the rejig, according to an order issued by the General Administration Department on Saturday. The state government has also made new appointments in the Mahadalit Commission and the Scheduled Caste Commission.
Patna DM Chandrasekhar Singh, an IAS officer of the 2010 batch, was appointed Commissioner of the Patna division. Gaya DM Thyagarajan S M of the 2011 batch was made the new DM of Patna, the order stated. Mayank Warwade, the previous Commissioner of the Patna division, was made the State Project Director of the Bihar Education Project Council. Darbhanga DM Rajeev Raushan was appointed the Commissioner of the Saran division, while Avneesh Kumar Singh was made the Commissioner of Munger division, and Raj Kumar the Commissioner of Tirhut division.
Thirteen IAS officers of the 2010 batch were promoted to the secretary rank. The Bihar government appointed Vishwanath Rishi as chairperson of the Mahadalit Commission, and Devendra Kumar as vice-chairperson of the SC Commission.
State BJP names new office-bearers ahead of Bihar Assembly Elections 2025
Meanwhile, with the assembly polls approaching in Bihar, state BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday came out with a fresh list of office-bearers, including over a dozen vice-presidents. According to Jaiswal, his stress was on ensuring that all social segments got due representation in the organisation. In addition, there are 14 state secretaries, a state treasurer and two state co-treasurers.
Among the 13 state vice presidents are Rajya Sabha MP Dharmashila Gupta and MLC Pramod Kumar Chandravanshi. Other notable names among state vice presidents include former MLA Baby Kumari, Rajendra Singh, an RSS pracharak who had quit the BJP ahead of assembly polls held five years ago to contest on an LJP ticket, but returned in 2022.
Five leaders have been made state general secretaries. These include Shivesh Ram, a former MLA who was the BJP candidate from Sasaram, a reserved constituency, in last year’s Lok Sabha polls. The seat was won by the Congress.
During his two-day tour of the state last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had interacted with state BJP leaders.
