Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received recommendation letters

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received recommendation letters for the transfer or promotion of 225 officials and employees over the past year. These recommendations were submitted by a range of political figures, including Union ministers, state cabinet ministers, Members of Parliament (MPs), Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs), and corporators from various political parties. This information was disclosed by activist Anil Galgali, who obtained it from the BMC city engineer’s office in response to a Right to Information (RTI) query.

A preliminary analysis of the political names mentioned against the 225 officials and employees showed that the names of certain political leaders appear repeatedly, according to Galgali. Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde ’s name appears 10 times, followed by Union minister of state Ramdas Athawale , whose name appears nine times. The names of state ministers Girish Mahajan and Kalidas Kolambkar appear seven times each. The names of NCP minister Narahari Zirwal, BJP MLA Sumit Wankhede, Shiv Sena leader Rahul Shewale, Shiv Sena MLA Prakash Surve, NCP minister of state Indranil Naik, Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar, BJP MLAs Ram Kadam and Kishan Kathore, and MLC Bachchu Kadu appear four times each.

Further, the names of BJP minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, NCP minister Hasan Mushrif, Shiv Sena ministers Bharatseth Gogawale and Uday Samant, BJP MLA Parinay Fuke, Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar, The names of Shiv Sena Union minister of state Prataprao Jadhav, BJP state ministers Pankaja Munde, Mangal Prabhat Lodha and Jaykumar Gore, MP Raosaheb Danve, Shiv Sena Deputy Mayor Sanjay Ghadi, Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar and NCP MLA Sana Malik appear two times each. The names of BJP state president Ravindra Chavan, BJP state minister Chandrakant Patil and NCP state minister Sanjay Bansode appear once each.

However, a list containing the names of ministers, MLAs, MPs and public representatives against the names of 225 officers and employees has now come to light.

Galgali said, “Transfers in the municipal corporation are expected to be carried out on the basis of administrative requirements, seniority and transparent criteria. The list includes officers and employees holding the posts of assistant engineer (AE), sub engineer (SE), executive engineer (EE) and junior engineer (JE). ” Ganesh Khankar, BJP leader of the House in BMC, said most of these recommendations were made on humanitarian grounds.