New Delhi:
Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi is not happy with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's remarks targeting the OC for corruption.
Reacting to Dikshit's comment, Kalmadi said, "Delhi Chief Minister Mrs. Shiela Dikshit's aspersions on corruption in the Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi are most disappointing and uncalled for. It is not right to deflect and point fingers at others when she must indulge in self-reflection on corruption in her own departments."
In a hard-hitting statement a day after Dikshit pointed fingers on the OC for alleged corruption, Kalmadi also said that keeping quiet should not be interpreted as a sign of weakness, nor should patience be seen as a sign of guilt. (
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The Delhi Chief Minister had said on Saturday that the "suspicion" of corruption in the Commonwealth Games is on the Organising Committee headed by Suresh Kalmadi and welcomed the "instantaneous" probe ordered by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh which would clear the "cobwebs". (
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Dikshit said the corruption could have taken place in the activities undertaken by the Organising Committee to which the Central government had given loans to the tune of Rs 1,600 crore. (
Read: Needle of suspicion on OC, Sheila reacts on CWG probe)
The comments by the beleaguered Organising Committee chairman came hours after he met Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy on Sunday, who also heads the Group of Ministers (GoM) for Commonwealth Games. (
Read: Kalmadi meets Reddy ahead of GoM meeting)
What exactly transpired in the closed-door meeting was not known.
The meeting gains significance as it comes a day before the GoM convenes its first meeting after the Games on Monday.