After his Chinese halt, stained Common wealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Monday surfaced in the Parliament, even as he awaits his fate for his supposed involvement in various 2010 Delhi Games scam.Sureshi Kalmadi said he will give statement in Parliament on Commonwealth Games, and claimed he has not done anything wrong."I welcome the investigations (into the financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games). I will give a statement in Parliament and I have met Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar today (Monday) and she said whenever the House runs I can make the statement," Kalmadi told reporters outside Parliament.
Kalmadi said the matter is sub judice but he wants to tell Parliament that he is not at fault and is ready to answer all the question of the federal investigative agency, IANS reported."The budget of the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee was between Rs 1,500 crore and Rs 1,700 crore, but we only spent Rs 1,400 crore," he said."We were not involved in the construction work related to the Commonwealth Games. Our work was to organize the Games, including the finishing and opening ceremony," he added.Kalmadi is likely to be quizzed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the CWG overlays scam. Kalmadi also stares at a possible probe on the hands on the Enforcement Directorate and I-T authorities, according to Times Now.
Kalmadi returns to India at a time when three of his closest aides - TS Darbari, Sanjay Mohindroo and M Jayachandran - are behind bars for their alleged contribution in corrupt deals during the Queen's Baton relay in London last year.Meanwhile, feeling the heat of post-Commonwealth Games investigations, Suresh Kalmadi has virtually abdicated control over economic matters with three senior government officials on deputation forming an internal committee to vet pending contractual payouts. It is after this panel approves payments that either Kalmadi or his aide, secretary general Lalit Bhanot, sign on the cheques.
Kalmadi said the matter is sub judice but he wants to tell Parliament that he is not at fault and is ready to answer all the question of the federal investigative agency, IANS reported."The budget of the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee was between Rs 1,500 crore and Rs 1,700 crore, but we only spent Rs 1,400 crore," he said."We were not involved in the construction work related to the Commonwealth Games. Our work was to organize the Games, including the finishing and opening ceremony," he added.Kalmadi is likely to be quizzed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the CWG overlays scam. Kalmadi also stares at a possible probe on the hands on the Enforcement Directorate and I-T authorities, according to Times Now.
Kalmadi returns to India at a time when three of his closest aides - TS Darbari, Sanjay Mohindroo and M Jayachandran - are behind bars for their alleged contribution in corrupt deals during the Queen's Baton relay in London last year.Meanwhile, feeling the heat of post-Commonwealth Games investigations, Suresh Kalmadi has virtually abdicated control over economic matters with three senior government officials on deputation forming an internal committee to vet pending contractual payouts. It is after this panel approves payments that either Kalmadi or his aide, secretary general Lalit Bhanot, sign on the cheques.
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