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October 12, 2013

India: Former BJP hand who has the honour of umpteen criminal cases against him back in the UP govt

Controversial Kunda MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh “Raja Bhaiya” was re-inducted in the Akhilesh Yadav Ministry on Friday after a gap of seven months. He resigned the next day after the murder of DSP Zia-ul-Haque’s at Balipur village in Pratapgarh district on March 2, 2013. The move to re-induct him is said to have been governed by political compulsions with the Samajwadi Party eyeing the Thakur or Kshatriya voters considering that the BJP is also trying to manage the Thakur votes.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/raja-bhaiya-is-back-as-minister/article5224617.ece