Mani's stand was a challenge to the people and reflected his arrogance, they charged. An FIR had been filed against Mani last year after a 'quick verification' by the vigilance department of the charges levelled by Kerala State Bar Hotel Owners' Association working president Biju Ramesh that the minister had accepted a Rs 1 crore bribe for renewal of licences of more than 400 Indian Made Foreign Liquor bars in the state. KC-M rebel George to resign Kerala Congress-M rebel member of legislative assembly P C George, against whom the party had initiated disqualification proceedings, announced his decision to resign as MLA on Tuesday. George, who has been at loggerheads with his party supremo and Finance Minister K M Mani and Congress-led ruling United Democratic Front for the past one year, said he would submit his resignation letter to Speaker N Sakthan on November 12. "I will be a model for Mani. Mani has no right to continue as a minister even for a minute.