Kalmadi says he will quit as MP if found guilty

Ahead of the the budget session of the Parliament,Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi,who was recently sacked from the post of Chairman of the CWG Organising Committee for alleged irregularities,has demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe into the scam.

Ahead of the the budget session of the Parliament,Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi,who was recently sacked from the post of Chairman of the CWG Organising Committee for alleged irregularities,has demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe into the scam.

He has also offered to step down as MP if found guilty. I am deeply pained at the malicious campaign against me regarding the Commonwealth Games 2010. The Organising Committee budget for conducting the games was just about 5 per cent of the total budget. In spite of this,I am the only one who has been singled out and targeted for investigations,while the role of all instrumental decision-making agencies connected with the decision-making process,who have been associated with 95 per cent of the budget,have been completely overlooked, a press release issued by Kalmadi says.

I can vouch that I have not gained financially even a single rupee out of these games and if proved otherwise I am prepared to step down as a Member of Parliament. My only endeavour was to deliver the best games so that we could stake our claim for hosting the Olympics in India. I do admit that there may have been certain mistakes committed in the management as we have not hosted any big event like this after the Asiad 1982 and we lacked the requisite experience and knowhow. But attaching the corruption charge on me is totally unfair.

Kalmadi says,Were the government to agree to the constitution of a JPC into the 2G Spectrum issue it would only be fair a similar process of JPC to go into the entire range of issues connected with preparations,execution and conduct of the Commonwealth Games. I am confident this would enable the entire truth to emerge in the public domain.

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