cwg scandal

CWG scandal

It is pathetic to see the Government and the opposition trying to pass on the blame on each other  for the appointment of Mr.Suresh Kalmadi as the chairman of the CWG Organising Committee .Sri. Ajay Maken also argues that the Host City contract was signed by the then  NDA Government wheras  it should have been signed by the Delhi Government. Without going into the merits of the case, the whole stnking episode and the arguments and counter arguments raise very uncomfortable questions on the very functioning of the Government at the Centre.

-Is it true that the Host city contract should have been signed by the Delhi Government and not the union Government?

-If so, were not the concerned ministers or the bureaucrats advising them not aware of the proper procedure?

-If so, what does it speak of the concerned persons?

-If a mistake has been committed, is it not incumbent on the successor Government to rectify the position by resorting to some emergency steps?

-Are there no laid down procedures for the appointment of  the chairman of the Organising committee or the signing of the contracts? If so, were they followed?

The most unfortunate aspect of the whole stinking episode is that nothing is being done even now to plug the loopholes and frame proper guidelines for the conduct of such events in future. Instead, precious Parliamentary time and the taxpayers’ money are being wasted in meaningless blame games and infructuous arguments. Is there no way to fix accountability for this criminal waste of public money?