Dawn of the Yogi era: Expect top bureaucracy, police reshuffles in UP soon

The reshuffle is justified as means to implement govt's roadmap for better law and order situation

The setting up of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh under Yogi Adityanath has also cleared the decks of large-scale transfer of senior state administrative and police officials in the coming days.

A change of guard in the state has always been followed by such mass transfers, primarily to install chosen brass of officials on key posts and important government departments.

The incoming usually dispensation likes to bring its favourite bureaucrats for significant posts, including those of chief secretary, director general of police (DGP), principal secretaries and secretaries in departments, directorates, etc.

The new regime justifies this administrative