Queen of controversies: UP minister Swati Singh is in the news again

Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Women’s Welfare Swati Singh (pictured) is in the news again. Singh, who had courted controversy in May 2017 after a video showing her inaugurating a beer bar in Lucknow went viral, is in the dock when an audio clip surfaced, in which she is heard admonishing a senior police official for registering a case against realtor Ansal Developers. In the audio, Singh is purportedly instructing the woman cop to drop the case, or else face the music. Her aide misbehaved with the media when reporters sought her response on the controversial audio. Thereafter, Singh