Alexander the not-so-great

Alexander, an IAS officer who gravitated to politics, was tourism minister in S M Krishna's cabinet before moving to the Pollution Board.

He was accused No 1 in what came to be known as the Classic Computers scam. As chief secretary, he had allegedly paid inflated rates for Apple computers supplied by a vendor called Classic Computers. Then chief minister S Bangarappa was also accused, but both were acquitted after a long trial.