Thiruvananthapuram: After the resignation of Kerala's Finance Minister K.M. Mani in the bar bribery scam, whistle-blower bar owner Biju Ramesh on Thursday said Excise Minister K. Babu was the next on the list to be axed for taking a bribe.

Ramesh had first made the revelation in October 2014 that Mani was paid the bribe of Rs.1 crore for his promise that the bars closed in the state in the wake of a new excise policy would be reopened.