UP govt clears promotion of 10 IAS officers Dr Ahtesham Siddiqui

Lucknow: Apex DPC has approved the promotion of 10 IAS officers of the 1990 batch from Principal Secretary to Upper Chief Secretary in the country’s biggest bureaucracy, Uttar Pradesh.

In this meeting held at Lok Bhavan under the chairmanship of Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Durga Shankar

IAS Anita Singh IAS Nitin Gokarn IAS Rajneesh Gupta IAS Archana Agarwal

Mishra, Central Fertilizer Secretary IAS Arun Singhal from the Central Government and Additional Chief Secretary Appointment

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Patna: As the Lok Sabha elections are coming closer, the restlessness of the Bahujan Samaj Party leaders is increasing. They do not understand what their party will do and what they should do.

In fact, the problems of BSP leaders, especially the MPs of the party, have increased since the time of assembly election results.

The party became completely inactive in the assembly elections.

As a result, the party lost all but one seat it been sent to the Chief Minister for approval.

Post approval from CMO, the order will be issued in this regard. After promotion, all these

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10 IAS officers will get a pay scale equal to the Chief Secretary rank. At present, there are 14 ACS in UP. There are rank officers, out of which 4 are retiring this year. In place of these, promoted IAS officers will be posted. ACS rank officers retiring in 2023 include IAS Sanjeev Kumar Mittal, IAS Navneet Kumar Sagar, IAS Dr Prashant Trivedi and IAS Sanjay Bhoosreddy.

election yatra from here. Where he had made this statement, and which the BJP condemned his statement, he will begin his mega rally from here,” said state party chief DK Shivakumar. At a rally in the runup to the 2019 elections, Gandhi had said, “How come all thieves have the common surname Modi” in an apparent dig at the PM with a reference to fugitive businessmen Lalit Modi and Nirav Modi.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday instructed the officials to deal strictly with those mistreating the weak, helpless, and poor citizens and ensure that no person has to suffer injustice.

During the Janata Darshan organised in Gorakhpur, the CM said, “Strictest legal action should be taken against the ones illegally encroaching land. The government is determined not to let injustice happen to anyone and bring prosperity to everyone’s life”. On the occasion, Yogi addressed the issues of about 700 people and assured them that there would be no injustice to anyone during his tenure. Referring to everyone’s letters to the concerned authorities, along with giving instructions for quick and satisfactory disposal, the CM assured the people that the government was determined to solve the problems of every complainant.

Mamata on two-day dharna to protest

Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the two-day sit-in that she started here on Wednesday to protest the BJP-led Union government’s alleged discriminatory attitude against the state was on behalf of her party, Trinamool Congress, and not on part of the state government. Stating that she is doing a “double duty” (as West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo), Banerjee showed a copy of the Constitution at the pro-

FACING TROUBLE FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE had won earlier. BSP won 17 MLAs in 2017 but in 2022, only one of its candidates won.

That’s why the MPs are worried that if the BSP and its leader Mayawati remain inactive in the Lok Sabha as well, then what will happen to them?

They fear that in a direct fight between the BJP and the SP alliance, the BSP will be wiped out in the Lok Sabha as well as in the Vidhansabha.

MPs of the party told test site and said that the demonstration is also to “save India, save democracy”. “People were asking me whether I am demonstrating on behalf of the state government or the Trinamool Congress. I would like to tell them that I have two responsibilities. I am the CM of West Bengal and also the TMC chairperson.

He was earlier the leader of BSP in the Lok Sabha but a few days back Mayawati removed him from the post of leader. It is being said that he may join the Samajwadi Party.

His father Rakesh Pandey has already joined Samajwadi Party. Many MPs of BSP are anxious to save the Lok Sabha seat.

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