The Election Commission of India has issued orders to remove the Home Secretary in 6 states Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Besides, the Secretary of General Administrative Department in Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh has also been removed. The Election Commission has once again directed all the state governments to transfer those officers associated with election related work to another district, who have completed three years of their posting at the same place or to their respective home districts. are deployed.
According to the Election Commission, the Home Secretaries of the seven states also had other charges in the CM’s office, hence it was necessary to remove the Home Secretary to conduct fair elections. In UP, 1995 batch IAS officer Sanjay Prasad, apart from the work of the Chief Minister’s Office, was also looking after the work of Principal Secretary Information and Principal Secretary Home. At present Sanjay Prasad will remain the Principal Secretary Information. The Election Commission has sought names of senior IAS officers in the panel for posting to the post of Principal Secretary, Home.
Now who has been appointed to the post of Principal Secretary Home?
The Election Commission has sought names of senior IAS officers for posting to the post of Principal Secretary Home from Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra. Soon the Election Commission will deploy a senior IAS officer on this. Among the names being discussed for the post of Principal Secretary Home, there are more than a dozen names including Additional Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary Nitin Ramesh Gokarn and Additional Chief Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi. There will be posting on this post only after permission from the Commission.
Was posted two years ago
Sanjay Prasad, who walked like a shadow with the Chief Minister, was posted to the post of Principal Secretary, Home on 11 May 2022. If any officer looks like a shadow with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the last few years, it is Sanjay Prasad. Be it accompanying the Chief Minister on his various tours or accompanying him in the helicopter. Be it being together in administrative work or being present together at meetings ranging from Lok Bhavan to the Chief Minister’s office or CM Yogi Adityanath’s residence. Sanjay Prasad is seen along with the Chief Minister at all these places.
What will happen to Sanjay Prasad now?
Senior IAS Sanjay Prasad of 1995 batch is considered one of the close officers of CM Yogi. Perhaps this is the big reason why the Chief Minister has given him the responsibility of the Principal Secretary of his department as well as big departments like Information and Home Department. These three departments are considered very important in the bureaucracy of UP. CM Yogi had started a new tradition by giving the post of Principal Secretary, Information and Home Department to his most favorite officer Avnish Awasthi. After Avnish Awasthi, by giving these three departments together to Sanjay Prasad, the Chief Minister had told everyone how close and trustworthy Sanjay Prasad is to him.
Will get the responsibility of Home Department after elections!
Now that the Election Commission has ordered the removal of Sanjay Prasad, the question is arising that what will happen to Sanjay Prasad? Senior officials of the UP government are saying that Sanjay will be removed only from the Home Department. The work of information and Chief Minister’s office will remain with him as before. In such a situation, it is clear that Sanjay Prasad will still be present around the Chief Minister and his importance is not going to reduce. Apart from this, Sanjay Prasad will also have the responsibility of Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister. Therefore, Sanjay Prasad’s signature will still be necessary on the files related to the Chief Minister’s office. Government sources also say that after the elections, Sanjay Prasad may once again get the responsibility of the Home Department.