India, May 18 -- BJP MLA Mihir Kotecha has alleged that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is attempting to revive controversial transfers scrapped last year by reposting 55 civic officials to the same positions that had figured in the earlier cancelled list.

The allegations come more than seven months after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis intervened and halted the alleged transfer scam amid claims of a "cash-for-postings" controversy in the civic body.

The previous controversy had triggered serious allegations that senior BMC officials demanded between Rs.25 lakh and Rs.40 lakh for transfers and promotions.

Kotecha alleged that the fresh transfer proposal is being presented as a routine administrative exercise despite sever...