CPI (M) to raise CWG corruption issue in Parliament

Hisar: Alleging huge corruption in the organisation of the Commonwealth Games, CPI(M) on Wednesday said it will raise the issue in Parliament in the next session.

"There is huge corruption in the Commonwealth Games. But the Central government is trying to hide the issue instead of taking it seriously. Our party will raise it in forthcoming session of Parliament in November," CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat told reporters.

Accusing both the Congress and BJP of pursuing policies of massive privatisation wherever they were in power, he said the CPI(M) would launch an agitation if they continued their "anti-people" programmes.

Commenting on reservation, Karat said quotas should be granted on socio-economic basis.

He also asked people across the country to maintain calm after the Allahabad High Court delivers its verdict on the Ayodhya title suits on Thursday.

"No one should create tension in the wake of the ruling. If any person or political party is affected by the verdict, they should approach the Supreme Court through judicial process," he said.