Akhilesh breaks promise, makes Raja Bhaiya minister

March 15, 2012 14:41

People who took heart from Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav's promise that his new government will not tolerate goons and "goondaism" must note this.

Raghuraj Pratap Singh, the notorious politician infamous as Raja Bhaiyya, was sworn in as a minister in Yadav's government in Lucknow on related stories Akhilesh sworn in as youngest CM of Uttar Pradesh SP men beat up Dalits near Maya village in Dadri Thursday.

Singh, an independent MLA from Kunda in Pratapgarh district, is one of UP's most feared 'bahubalis' and has several criminal cases pending against him. He was once charged with Prevention of Terrorism Act and there are allegations that he once fed his enemies to crocodiles he keeps as pets in his family mansion.

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