CWG corruption: I've opened a can of worms, says Aiyar-2/8/10

02/08/2010

CWG corruption: I've opened a can of worms, says Aiyar

(INSTEAD OF CREATING AWARENESS AND PROMOTING COMMONWEALTH TO MAKE IT A PROUD MOMENT AND ONE MORE FEATHER IN COUNTRY'S CAP WE ARE CREATING RUKUS WHICH IS ATTRACTING WHOLE WORLD'S ATTENTION...AND ASSURING ITS FAILURE AS BY NOW MOST OF BIG PLAYERS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRY'S ARE REFUSING TO ATTEND IT(IT STARTED FEW DAYS BEFORE I STARTED WRITING ABOUT IT....OR MAY NOT BE???)...GOOD TO EXPOSE ROTS OF CWG...TO STOP AND CHECK WRONG HAPPENNINGS AND CORRUPTIONS ATLEAST NOW ONWARDS,BUT WE MUST COME FORWARD JOINTLY TO MAKE IT PROUD MOMENTS FOR OUR COUNTRY AND DO NOT SEND WRONG SIGNALS TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY...AS ONE NEED TO GIVE OUR BEST TO WHATEVER WE STARTED OR TAKEN AS A CHALLENGE AND IS IN OUR HAND....CAN WE DO IT ATLEAST FROM TODAY ONWARDS...AS 'JO BEET GAYEE SO BAAT GAYEE'??? BUT IT DOES NOT APPLY ON CORRUPTION AND WRONG HAPPENNINGS.THESE PEOPLE MUST FACE PROPER AND FAST ENQUERIES AND THEN ITS CONSEQUENCES.)


New Delhi : Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday said his recent outburst against the Commonwealth Games has opened up “a can of worms” which was evident from the alleged corruption charges that has rocked the October 3-14 sporting extravaganza to be held here.



"I have opened a can of worms. I have opened a pandora's box. Now it's for the media and others concerned to follow-up," the 69-year-old politician said of the alleged financial irregularities in various CWG related projects. Aiyar, a stern critic of the Delhi Games, has recently created a furore by saying that he would be unhappy if the CWG are a success.

Soon after his unsavoury remarks, Aiyar pledged that he will not speak on the Games till it is over but rejected reports that he was asked by his party seniors to keep a mum on the subject. "I want to assure you that no one from the Congress party at any level had asked me not to speak (on Commonwealth Games). It's a purely voluntary decision on my part," the former Sports Minister said.



Taking pot-shots at Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi as well as the Delhi government, Aiyar had earlier said, "Those who are patronising the Games can only be evil. They cannot be God." His outburst sparked off a verbal slugfest with Kalmadi, who termed Aiyar's remarks as "anti-national" and "irresponsible".

Source: The Indian Express