Why bureaucrats in TN prefer lighter posts or deputations to Delhi?

Tamil Nadu, which is going for Assembly polls around May this year, has had frequent IAS transfers that created murmurs in the bureaucratic circle of the state. Many of the transferred officers were holding crucial departments like Energy, PWD, School Education, Health, Water Resources Department, Forest and Environment, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Tourism, and Animal Husbandry departments besides others. Interestingly, some of these officers were handling their departments for only four to seven months. The officers are also not understanding the logic behind transferring the same official back to the same post within a few months. Even the officials apprehend another set of transfers before April 2026 due to the impending Assembly polls. As a result, officers are wary of the political drama that is expected to unfold ahead of the Assembly polls and have asked for lighter posts or deputations to Delhi to avoid getting caught in the middle.