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Prime VIP
New Delhi, August 13
The Congress core group, chaired by party president Sonia Gandhi, discussed the growing controversy over the Commonwealth Games at its meeting this evening and decided to leave it to the government to tackle the issue following discussions with sports minister MS Gill.
Faced with all-round clamour that the man in the eye of the storm, Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi be sacked, the government is faced with the twin problem of ensuring the smooth conduct of the Games and insulating itself from the corruption charges which are currently flying around in connection with the upcoming event. Worried on both these counts, a vocal section in the Congress has been pressing the government to set up an overarching oversight committee for the organisation of the Games. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to discuss these issues with Gill.
However, Kalmadi is unlikely to be removed now as the Centre’s top priority is to focus on the Games. A supervisory body, it is being argued, would help rein in Kalmadi and also coordinate between the various agencies involved in the organisation of the Games.
The supervisory panel, it is stated, may be headed by Cabinet secretary KM Chandrashekhar since he has been conducting periodic reviews on the prepaprations being undertaken by the different agencies.
The Congress core group, chaired by party president Sonia Gandhi, discussed the growing controversy over the Commonwealth Games at its meeting this evening and decided to leave it to the government to tackle the issue following discussions with sports minister MS Gill.
Faced with all-round clamour that the man in the eye of the storm, Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi be sacked, the government is faced with the twin problem of ensuring the smooth conduct of the Games and insulating itself from the corruption charges which are currently flying around in connection with the upcoming event. Worried on both these counts, a vocal section in the Congress has been pressing the government to set up an overarching oversight committee for the organisation of the Games. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to discuss these issues with Gill.
However, Kalmadi is unlikely to be removed now as the Centre’s top priority is to focus on the Games. A supervisory body, it is being argued, would help rein in Kalmadi and also coordinate between the various agencies involved in the organisation of the Games.
The supervisory panel, it is stated, may be headed by Cabinet secretary KM Chandrashekhar since he has been conducting periodic reviews on the prepaprations being undertaken by the different agencies.
