The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has transferred 13 IAS and 20 PCS officers.The transfer list includes the name of Varanasi District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma who has now been posted as Commissioner Prayagraj.The new District .
The damage caused to public properties during the violent protest in Varanasi on June 17 will be recovered from the protesters, said DM Kaushal Raj Sharma.
Hindu petitioners have claimed that a shivling had been found at the site. The caretakers of the mosque, however, said the object was part of the ablution tank.
The BJP has swept the biennial polls to the state's Legislative Council by winning 33 out of 36 constituencies. One of three local authority seats it failed to bag was in Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency, where it stood a distant third.