Raghuraj Pratap Singh back in UP Cabinet

LUCKNOW: Controversial independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, who had to resign from the UP cabinet in March after killing of DSP Zia-ul-Haq in Pratapgarh, was today re-inducted as a minister.

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.

The former Food and Civil Supplies Minister had to resign from the cabinet after being named by DSP Haq's wife Parvind Azad in the murder case earlier this year.

Though the CBI gave clean chit to Raja Bhaiya, Azad had filed a protest application against it.