IPL CONTROVERSY: The high-profile former UN Under Secy Gen and a Lok Sabha MP from Thuruvananthapuram had to resign in 2010 as Minister of State for External Affairs following a controversy over his association with the bid for the Kochi IPL team. He was accused of helping Sunanda Pushkar to clinch the deal for Kochi Tuskers. Sunanda had shares in the Kerala IPL team.