Yogi Adityanath cracks whip on corruption, cancels transfers

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has started cracking the whip on his ministers who are facing charges of allegations. The Chief Minister has cancelled more than 300 transfers of sub-registrars and Group-3 employees in the Stamp and Registration Department.

According to official sources, Nand Gopal Nandi, the Minister for Stamp and Registration, had transferred sub-registrars and clerical staff at a mass level, flouting norms. Charges of corruption in the transfers were also levelled against the minister. Some of the employees directly met the Chief Minister and communicated the matter to him.

Nandi, a former Bahujan Samaj Party Minister, hit the headlines when he was injured in a bomb attack in Prayagraj in July 2010. He later joined the BJP. Adityanath has also cancelled transfers in the Basic Education Department. (IANS)

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