12.10.13

Harakiri ?!

Independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya was re-inducted into the UP Cabinet, 7 months after he had to step down in the wake of the killing of DSP Zia-ul-Haq in Pratapgarh.
Eight criminal cases are pending against the MLA from Kunda.
44-year-old Raja Bhaiya was sworn in by Governor B L Joshi at Raj Bhawan in the presence of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and senior cabinet minister Mohd Azam Khan. He will be allocated a ministry later.
The former food and civil supplies minister had to resign from the cabinet after being named by DSP Haq's wife Parveen Azad in the murder case in March. Though CBI gave clean chit to Raja Bhaiya, Azad had filed a protest application against it.
Talking to reporters after taking oath as minister, Raja Bhaiya flayed the media for holding him guilty in the murder case "even before any probe was started".
About the number of criminal cases pending against him, Singh said they were"courtesy BSP government".   

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