MP IAS officer Ajay Singh Gangwar, who in a Facebook post last week praised former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, has been transferred to the state secretariat in Bhopal as deputy secretary. The 54-year-old officer was earlier posted to Barwani as district collector, which was his first independent posting. In his long career, he also served as special assistant to former chief minister and AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh in the past. On his transfer, he has reportedly said it is the government's "prerogative" to transfer him and he cannot challenge it. While Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who holds the general administration portfolio, has not commented on the issue, a minister in his cabinet, Lal Singh Arya, has criticised Gangwar for making political comments. Gangwar, who joined the state services in 1989, had also reportedly liked an article critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January this year and commented that "there should be people's rebellion (jankranti) against Modi". When asked about it, he disowned the comment and said that a "Facebook like" cannot be held against him.