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This Ministerial one of the present regime held similar rank in the previous one too. 

He once got into hot water by shooting off his mouth. They say that he is back with the same habit, but he is not likely to wear the ‘jumper’ again. 

This politico from the hills is said to be armed with a list of names of the top brass of the previous regime who, he claims are on the way to the state-run lodge in connection with a variety of offences committed by them under the patronage of the deposed strongman. 

After taking in the evening a ‘shot’ that generates courage, the politico would rattle off the names of the wrong doers of the previous regimes and the crimes they had committed. The suspected murder of a ruggerite, the mystery surrounding the killing of former MP Raviraj, white van abductions, Avant Garde scandal and Siriliya Saviya irregularities are among the cases he often refers to, they say.