We shouldn't have become CWG hosts: Bhaichung Bhutia-04/08/2010-"Hopefully the opening and closing ceremony would not turn out to be a Film fare award

04/08/2010

We shouldn't have become CWG hosts: Bhutia (HE DON'T NEED TO BE SO PASSEMISTIC NOW...AS D-DAY IS ARRIVING...BUT OTHERWISE I AGREE WITH HIS VIEWS THAT WE MUST HAVE CONCENTRATED IN BUILIDING SPORTS INFRASTRUTURE,GROOMING SPORTS PERSON BEFORE TAKING UP THIS RESPONSIBILITIES....BUT THEN I FEEL WE COULD HAVE STARTED THE DAY THIS DECISION WAS TAKEN...BUT WHAT IS COMING OUT SHOWS IN MEDIA/NEWSPAPERS...CORRUPTPERSONS ARE MORE ACTIVE AND BENIFITED DOING 'GHOTALAS'THEN THINKING ABOUT MAKING THIS 15 DAYS GLORIOUS AND ITS SPORTSPERSONS AND SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE AN ASSET FOR OUR COUNTRY...EVEN FOR FUTURE!! STILL I AM OPTIMISTIC...'HUM HONGE KAMYAB'...WE SHALL OVERCOME AND WILL BE PROUD OF THIS EVENT AND OUTCOME OF THIS OCCASION'.)

("Hopefully the opening and closing ceremony would not turn out to be a Film fare awards ceremony. I want it to showcase our culture," Bhutia said...I TOTALLY AGREE WITH HIM THAT OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONY OF CWG SHOULD REFLECT OUR COUNTRY'S ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE AND NEED NOT BECOME ONLY FILMFARE AWARD CEREMONY...REPLICA)

Kolkata: Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia feels the country would have been better off without hosting the Commonwealth Games given the organisational chaos that has marred the build-up to the October 3 to 14 event in Delhi.


The much-delayed and perhaps the most expensive Commonwealth Games ever have now been hit by allegations of wide-scale corruption and Bhutia said India never had the infrastructure to host such a mega-show.

"We should not have taken a decision to host the Games. The infrastructure is not ready.Look at the situation, the grounds are not ready. Even in hockey, there are not many Astroturfs in India. Even a nation like Malaysia is better-placed to host the Games. We should not have bid for the Games," he told reporters here.

Bhutia was part of the Queen's Baton Relay for the Games and asked why he didn't express his views at that time, the veteran striker said, "Since the nation has taken the decision to host the Games, I wanted it to be successful."

He hoped that the Games organisers would ensure a cultural rather then a Bollywood bonanza in the opening and closing ceremonies of the October 3 to 14 event.



"Hopefully the opening and closing ceremony would not turn out to be a Film fare awards ceremony. I want it to showcase our culture," he said.

Source: PTI