NEW DELHI: According to Times of India news paper , In August 2015, when the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Partygovernment opposed a rule on transfers of IAS and IPS officers before completion of a two-year minimum tenure in a particular posting and sought changes in it from the Centre, it came under severe criticism from the opposition, including the BJP. The issue resonated all through the high-decibel poll campaign in UP where several BJP leaders said the previous regime was running a "transfer-posting raj" by frequently transferring bureaucrats at its whims and fancies.
After the party's spectacular win in the UP assembly polls, when BJP MPs met Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a cup of tea in Delhi, the PM famously asked them to refrain from lobbying for transfers and postings of civil servants.