Kalmadi accepts onus
PTI
NEW DELHI, SEPT 25
Embattled Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi today took responsibility for the shoddy preparations for the Commonwealth Games but said there was no question of resigning from the post.
Kalmadi, who faced some tough questioning from the media at two separate press conferences, also made it clear that he would remain as President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) even after the Games.
“I am the chairman of Organising Committee and I will take all the responsibility. There is no issue. But I wish the venues were handed to us a little earlier”, he said.
Asked specifically if he should step down in view of the crisis, Kalmadi said “My job is to conduct the Games and I will do that. I am not going to quit”.
He also admitted that Organising Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot’s comments about hygienic standards between Indians and others were avoidable.
Kalmadi accepts onus
NEW DELHI, SEPT 25 Embattled Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi today took responsibility for the shoddy preparations for the Commonwealth Games but said there was no question of resigning from the post.
