Walk Like an Egyptian: "Forty days before anti-Mubarak slogans rented the air at Cairo’s Tahrir Square on January 25, India’s Supreme Court passed a stricture against a Cabinet Minister in the ruling UPA government. The court slammed Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh for abusing his power as Maharashtra Chief Minister by shielding a party MLA, doubling as dubious money lender and accused of squeezing debt-ridden Vidarbha farmers dry, against criminal action.
Six days before the Cairo uprising the Indian government rewarded Mr Deshmukh’s loyalty for the Congress party by shifting him from Heavy Industries ministry to Rural Development Ministry, seen as an upgrade because the ministry is close to the heart of mother Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul both. During his tenure as chief minister ( 2004 -08 ) Mr Deshmukh logged a dubious distinction of straddling over maximum suicide deaths of farmers in the Vidarbha region.
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