The ripple effect of the tectonic shift in the Shiv Sena has reached the BMC, with the transfer of a top civic official who appeared to have the backing of Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aaditya. His style of working was apparently not liked by many politicians. The BMC has shown the transfer of Kiran Dighavkar, who was the assistant commissioner of G-north comprising Dadar and Dharavi, as a routine decision. 

In an order signed by BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on Monday, Dighavkar and two more assistant commissioners have been transferred. Dighavkar will now head the E ward that covers Byculla.