Bhopal, November 10, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari has accused the BJP government led by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav of turning the state into a “transfer factory”, alleging that frequent transfers of IAS and IPS officers are undermining administrative stability.
In a letter to Yadav, Patwari claimed that the practice of frequent transfers had continued under successive BJP governments, with the situation worsening under the present administration. He compared the previous tenure of former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, which he described as a “transfer industry”, with what he called a full-fledged “transfer factory” under Yadav.
Citing figures, Patwari claimed that more than 325 IAS officers were transferred between December 2023 and July 2025, averaging over 16 transfers a month. He further said around 36 IAS officers had been assigned new responsibilities since July 23, while Collectors of nearly two dozen districts and SPs of around a dozen districts had been changed in the past three months. He also cited the transfer of 62 IPS officers in May 2026.
Questioning the frequency of the reshuffles, Patwari asked whether a Collector could understand a district’s problems and improve its administration within two-and-a-half months, or whether an SP could bring lasting changes in policing within six months.
He proposed a transparent transfer policy providing a minimum two-year tenure for IAS and IPS officers posted as Collectors, SPs and heads of important departments under normal circumstances. He also demanded that reasons for premature transfers be made public in writing.
Patwari called for an annual white paper detailing officers’ transfers, tenures and reasons for early transfers, along with an independent assessment of the administrative performance of districts and departments affected by frequent reshuffles.
Referring to a statement by Kuno National Park Field Director and senior IFS officer B. Uttam Kumar Sharma, Patwari said officers need one to two years to understand the administrative system, while a tenure of more than two years allows them to introduce institutional reforms.
“During the Shivraj government, a transfer industry operated, but under your tenure, a full-fledged ‘transfer factory’ has been established in Madhya Pradesh,” Patwari wrote in his letter.
He also alleged on X that frequent transfers were disrupting development work, affecting the implementation of government schemes and weakening administrative accountability.
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