BHOPAL: Collectors of Umaria and Bhind districts were shifted on Saturday following directives of the Election Commission. Umaria Collector Amarpal Singh and Bhind Collector Chote Singh have been shifted to Mantralaya as posted as deputy secretaries. Vijay Kumar J, director, health has been made Bhind collector while Swarochis Somwanshi, project director, State Wide Area Network (SWAN) has been posted as Umaria collector.
The Bharatiya Janata Party had lodged a complaint against Amarpal as his wife Pramila Singh is an ex-MLA. Pramila had quit the BJP and joined the Congress during Assembly polls. The BJP had demanded to keep Amarpal Singh away from election-related works. The Election Commission had received complaints directly against Chote Singh, which led to his transfer.
Three SPs shifted
In a late development SP of Panna(AS Kushwah) Jabalpur(Amit Singh) and Singrauli(Hitesh Choudhary) have been shifted to PHQ Bhopal as AIG. Mayan Awasthi has been made SP of Panna, Nimish Agarwalwill be Jabalpur SP and DK Shukla has been posted as Singrauli SP. Earlier, a delegation of the BJP demanded Chief Electoral Officer VL Kantharao to shift Singrauli.
