Govt sidesteps Kalmadi claims
Government on Thursday sidestepped the claims of former Commonwealth Games organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi that all approvals for projects were given by the sports ministry, saying the matter was under investigation.
"I don't need to respond (to Kalmadi's claims) as enquiries by various agencies are on," sports minister Ajay Maken told reporters outside Parliament.
He said various agencies, including the CBI and CVC, were looking into the matter it would not be appropriate for him to speak on the issue.
"I would not like to comment on what Kalmadi has said. We have done whatever we had to. The investigations are going on and the results are before people. Let us wait for the investigation to complete," he said.
Kalmadi on Thursday accused the investigating agencies of 'targeting' only the organising committee when government officials were also part of the entire decision-making process.
He expressed shock and displeasure over the way the entire matter has been handled by the investigating agencies when all the documents pertaining to the conduct of the games were with them.
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