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Keralam minister K.M. Shaji faces controversy over use of ‘loaned’ luxury car as official vehicle
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu · South Asia
Photographs of K.M. Shaji posing alongside the car, which flew the national flag from a staff mounted on the vehicle’s bonnet, recently went viral on social and conventional media, drawing applause from his supporters and criticism from Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leaders.
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